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Another count charged the prisoners with having unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously obstructed an air-way in Mr. Barrs' mine, with the intent thereby to delay the working of the mine. Mr. Motteram prosecuted •, and Mr. Huddleston, Mr. Powell, and Mr. James defended the prisoners. Mr. Motteram, in stating the case, said that the colliery which the prisoners had in their possession was originally worked by Messrs. Brettel, Hum phrey, and Bennett, who left off in 1856 under the impression that there was no other coal to be got. In 1857 the prisoners took the colliery to get the " ribs" and " pillars," which were frequently left after the first workings were completed. Soon after they began to work, Mr. Barrs discovered that they were getting a quality of coal superior to that which Brettel and Humphrey could get. In the month of February, 1860, his• suspicions increasing, he asked Wright for permission to examine the mine, but was not allowed. Mr. Barrs' suspicions were still further increased by the reports of his work men, who said that they could hear those in the employ of the prisoners at work. Mr. Crewe, a mine agent, was instrusted to make application to examine the pit, in the month of March, but the permission was refused, till Mr,. Barrs !applied to his solicitor, and he made application to the pri soners. The application was conceded in July, 1860. Then, however, it was found that a dam constructed of brick work had been erected at the entrance to the gate-road, whence the coal had been taken from the prosecutor's mine, and the pri• soners refused to take it down. Tests were theta made in Mr. Barrs' mine, and there were evidences that to the extent of 100 yards the prisoners had taken the prosecutor's (coal to the width of 15 or 16 yards, the total quantity being that stated in the indictment, and worth upwards of £2,000. The prisoners knew that they were taking this coal, because they had frequently examined the plans in the possession of a Mr. Woolwich, who had surveyed the property on the part of Mr. Grazebrook, the proprietor; and as early as the end of 1859 they were told that they were slightly out of their own boundary, and in that of Mr. Barra'. They said they knew it, but they hoped they should be able to purchase some of his mine from him. Whilst the prisoners were getting the property of the prosecutor they took every precau tion to prevent the workpeople in the prosecutor's employ from discovering them. One of these at tempts constituted the third count. The prisoners lighted a fire in an air way, whence the smoke would escape into the workings of the prosecutor ; and of so disgusting a description was the fuel used that it was utterly impossible for the prose cutor's men to continue working in a portion of the mine. The prosecutor and other witnesses were called in support of the above case. The Judge said there was no case against Wright. Mr. Huddleston, in addressing the jury for the Hickmans, maintained that his clients had not wil fully taken the coal, but had done so in error. If they had intended to take the coal of the prosecu tor they could have done so long before they reached the portion they were now charged with stealing. They had made a mistake of the same description as that the prosecutor and his bailiff had themselves made, and Mr. Barra' remedy was the same as that which Mr. Mills had taken—he should seek compensation. The jury, after retiring to consider their verdict, Acquitted the prisoners. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRK, MARCH 18. Nisi Prius Court.—(Before Mr. Justice Hill and a Special Jury.) _.. THE QUEEN V. JOHN BARFF CHARLESWORTH— THE WAKEFIELD BRIBERY PROSECUTION. The Solicitor-General (Sir W. Atherton), Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, Q.C., and Mr. West, were the counsel for the Crown ; Sir Fitzroy — Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, Q.C., Mr. Quain, and Mr. Maule appeared for the defendant. Mr. West opened the pleadings. This was a criminal information filed by the Attorney-General against John Barff Charlesworth, charging him with bribery at the Wakefield election. There were various counts charging the defendant with different acts of bribery, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Solicitor-General stated the case. He said he had the honour to appear before the jury to pro secute the defendant, Mr. John Barff Charlesworth, on an information which had been filed against him by the Attorney-General. The nature of the charge, which the jury had collected already, de noted its importance, and the importance of the inquiry on which they were about to enter. The present information and others had been filed by the Attorney-General, and in every one of the in stances the persons selected for prosecution had not been the recipients of bribes, whose poverty fre quently subjects them to the strain of a very serious temptation when the purchase of their votes is solicited, but the persons selected had been those who had in some way been concerned in the ad ministration of these funds. The defendant is a gentleman who is in partnership with his cousin, Mr. John Dodgson Charlesworth, these two gentle men owning and managing very extensive colliery property in the neighbourhood of Wakefield, but the defendant earlier in his life was trained to the profession of the law, he was called to the bar, and for some time he practised on that circuit. The charge against him was twofold. In the first place, that he advanced and paid money with the intent that it should be expended in bribery, and the other form of charge was that he gave or caused to be given to particular voters money for the pur pose of inducing . them to give their votes for the defendant's cousin, Mr. John Dodgson Charles worth. The charge arose out of an election for a member of Parliament which took place in April, 1859, for the borough of Wakefield. Early that month, or about that time, Parliament was dis solved, and a general election ensued. In April, 1859, the candidates for election were Mr. Leatham, who had been a banker in a well-known firm in Wakefield, and Mr. John Dodgson Charlesworth, the cousin of 'the defendant in this case. Mr. Leatham appeared on the liberal side, and Mr., Charlesworth on the conservative side. The nomi nation day was on Friday, the 29th of April. A show of hands having taken place a poll was de manded, and it took place on the following day. The declaration of the poll was made on the follow ing Monday, and it then appeared that Mr. Leatham had been returned by the narrow majority of three votes, the numbers being—for Mr. Leatham, 406 ; for Mr. Charlesworth, 403 . As the numbers would almost of themselves indicate, the contest was a very severe one. Although Mr. Leatham was returned, dissatisfaction existed, he (the Solicitor-General) presumed, on the part of those who had been his opponents, and this led to a petition being presented to Parliament, the object of which was to unseat Nr. Leatham. That petition was referred to a select committee of the House of Commons, which ended in Mr. Leatham being unseated. Besides that ad judication the committee reported that corrupt prac tices had extensively prevailed at the election for Wakefield. The act under which the report was made, and under which certain proceedings subse quently took place, is an act of 15th and 16th Vic toria, which was passed in the year 1852, and it is an act to provide for more effectual inquiry into the practices at elections for members to serve in Par liament. By the authority of that act a commission was issued, and after a long inquiry the commis sioners made a report. The defendant was examined, and failing to satisfy the commissioners that he had made a full disclosure, they did not give him a cer tificate, which was given to many other persons. Witnesses would be called who, having received the commissioners' certificate, were freed from that lia bility to peril and penalty to which, but for that certificate, they might have been subjected, if they had not made full disclosures of the facts connected with the proceedings of that election within their knowledge. The learned counsel then directed the attention of the jury to the second part of the charge, which was that the defendant advanced and paid money to Mr. Fernandez with the intent that such money should be expended in bribery. called, support After b ut of h t e theexamination declined aboveali answering facts, t some g m ßm e otherr c.whether FhaereahsFernandes dowitnesseserastah wasoi n re ceived money from Mr. J. B. account of the election. Ile was examined as a witness before the commissioners at the Wakefield election inquiry, and after having given his evidence he received a certificate. (The certificate was pro. duced, and handed to his lordship.) The witness PRICE 4D . STAMPED, SD. was then asked—Did you receive any money from Mr. J. B. Charlesworth in April, 1859 ? but de clined to answer the question. His Lordship said that he should consult his brother Keating on the point whether the witness was bound to answer, and left the court for that purpose. After an absence of a few minutes his lord ship returned, and then, addressing the witness, said he was bound to tell him that he and Mr. Justice Keating had carefully considered the ques tion, and they had come 'to the conclusion that he (witness) would not be exposed to any peril by answering the question put to him. He was clearly free from any penal consequence, forfeiture, punishment, disabilities, incapacities, or any crimi nal prosecutions whatever by reason of the certifi cate granted to him. It was therefore his duty to answer the question. The witness still persisting in his refusal, The learned Judge then pressed the question, and said if he declined to answer it he had no other course left than that of committing him for con tempt of court for an offence of no ordinary charac ter, his evidence being material for the prosecution then before the court, he well knowing that the effect of refusing to give his testimony would de feat the ends of justice. His lordship was of opinion that the witness was firmly persuaded in his own mind that he would be in no peril what ever if he answered the question. What his motive was might be easily imagined—to defeat the proper administration of justice. He must therefore be sentenced to six months imprisonment. unless sooner released by some competent atitli.rity and pay a fine of £5OO. • The sentence was received with applause in court which was speedily suppressed. Mr. Fernandez was given in charge of the Go vernor of York Castle, and his lordship directed that he should be detained in custody as a first class misdemeanant. The Solicitor-General applied that the certificate of the witness might not be returned to him. The Judge acceded to the application. The Solicitor-General then intimated that it was quite impossible for him to move a step further in the case, seeing that Mr Fernandez had declined to give his testimony. He therefore asked his lord ship to discharge the jury. The Judge—What authority have I to do that? The Solicitor-General then quoted the case of " Newton" (13 Queen's Bench Reports, page 716), to show that the judge had the power to discharge the jury in a criminal prosecution. In this case the prisoner was committed by the justices for murder. On his trial he pleaded not guilty, and the jury re tired, and remained in deliberation all night. Being unable to agree, the learned judge discharged the jury, and the prisoner was detained in custody. The Judge' said that this ought not to be done except in cases of extreme necessity. In the case referred to the judge had to go to another assize town, the business being concluded, and as there was no chance of the jury agreeing, they were dis charged. The Solicitor-General having quoted some other cases in support of his argument, Sir Fitzroy Kelly contended that none of the cases referred to resembled that which was unhap pily before the court. Without at all wishing to enter into the question whether his lordship had power to discharge the jury, the effect would be that if that course were adopted, the defendant would be put upon his trial twice for the same offence and it might be to subject him and to visit him with very great hardships arising from a circumstance over which he had no control. This was the second time that the de fendant had appeared in court in reference to these proceedings; he had been:put to very great ' expense, and, in addition to that, he had expe rienced all that anxiety of mind which must insepa rably be associated with a man when a case of that character was brought against him. Mr. Mellish followed on the same side. Mr. Justice Hill, having consulted with Mr. Justice Keating, discharged the jury. THE QUEEN Z. C. D. CHARLESWORTH. The Solicitor- General withdrew the record in this case. The defendant is the ex-candidate and former member for Wakefield. The Court then proceeded with the trials of the Queen v. Judd, and the Queen v. Crowther, for offering bribes to the electors of Wakefield. The cases were proceeding when our parcel left York. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES, MARCH 18. HORNE V.-,BORNE. Dr. Phillimore, 9. 0 ., nd ;Mr. J. Philips ap peared for the petitioner. I Mary Ann Horne praye foiea dissolution of her marriage with Abraham - orne on the ground of adultery coupled with de4rtion. The.petitioner, whose maiden name was Lawson, was married to the respondent on the 22(1. of Auguat, 1833, at Christ Church, Surrey. He had lived with her until April, 1841, and had five children by her, of whom four are living. It W 4,3 proved by Mr. Hayes, Mrs. Horne's brother-in .law, and other friends of the family, that they alwfys appeared on affec tionate terms from the matriage until the separa tion. In April, 1841, Mrs. k norne was staying at Margate with her children,*hen she was surprised by receiving a letter from ber husband, dated the 28th of that month, in which he told her that he did not intend to continue to cohabit with her. He said that " circumstances haE occurred which quite precluded their ever living together again as man and wife ; that he had notling to blame her for ; that he had formed an unchangeable and irrevoc able attachment in another quarter ; that he had not made up his mind tot separation upon im pulse, but after mature deliberation ; that he in tended to go to America, and that she had his best wishes for her happiness." He was traced by his brother, Mr. N. Horne, ant Mr. Hayes to Mon treuil, in France. He and fie woman with whom he had run away were livini together, and passing as Mr. and Mrs. Hellen. 'Eridence was given that since 1858 be had been livinj; in the neighbourhood of Walworth with anothe ( *oman named Bury, that she passed as Mrs. H , eornd that they had had two children. Dr. Phillimore said that the petition contained a prayer for an order with reference to the property settled at the time of the marriage. His lordship would be asked under the sth sec. of the 22d and 23d Tic., cap. 61, to declare void a contingent life inte rest of the respondent in the settled property for the benefit of the children. ' The Judge Ordinary said he should certainly not mix up the question of the settlements with the question of adultery and desertion. Dr. Phillimore said he 'would make an applica tion on the subjection a future occasion. The Judge Ordinary, after referring to the terms of the section, said he was itclined to think the ap plication could not be entertained until after the rile nisi for a decree had been made absolute. It was possible also that the decree might be reversed, and then the application would be unnecessary. A decree nisi was granted, and the respondent was condemned in costs. KEYS V. KEYS. .. . Dr. Spinks was counsel far the petitioner. The marriage took place in , Nov., 1833, and the cohabitation continued until 1851. The respondent had carried on business as a chemist and druggist in different parts of Camberwell and Walworth. Mrs. Keys stated that within a few weeks of the marriage her husband knocked her down because she said she was ill, and that he was guilty of re peated acts of violence chitin the whole of their cohabitation. She was at lost obliged to separate from him and to live with her mother. He had since lived at Woolwich with a girl named Cook. His Lordship granted a decree nisi on the ground of adultery coupled with cruelty. GARBET V. GARBET AND NICKLES. Mr. Sturgeon appeared for the petitioner. James Garbet, a zinc worker, was married to 1 Emma Marshall in Feb., 1850. They lived together 1 in different parts of London until the end of 1858. Mrs. Garbet then committed alultery with a pot man named Nickles. Her humand discovered her misconduct early in the folloving year and sepa rated from her. His lordship allowed the hearing to be adjourned for further evidence of identity, and ebserved that it was melancholy to see cases of so much impor tance to the parties prepared in such a negligent or ignorant manner. INMAN V. INMAN. Dr. Phillimore, Q C., and D. Spinks conducted the petitioner's case. The parties were married at St. Heliers, Jersey, in May, 1855 ; the husband, according to his learned counsel's statement, being a gentleman of good family, and the wife a person beneath him in sta tion. They bad cohabited for some months previ ous to the marriage in Jersey.' A few months after the marriage they removed to London and lived together in various lodgings until Jan., 1860. They , were not on good terms ; he had no regular occupa tion, and there were frequent quarrels in consequence .of her going out by herself against his wish and re maining until late at night. In Jan., 1860, while they were lodging in the Blackfriars-road, she left the house and did not return, and it appeared from the evidence of a servant-girl named Knights, whom she took with her, that she had since been leading a life of prostitution.—Decree Nisi granted. JORDAN V. JORDAN AND SCARD.,. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner. The petitioner, a wine merchant's clerk Bedford, married the respondent in Dec., 1849, andlived with her until 1853. A separation then took place, but in Feb., 1854, they came together again. Shortly after the renewal of cohabitation the respondent was de livered of a child, of which the petitioner knew that he could not be the father, and a permanent separa tion followed. A deed of separation was executed under which she had an allowance of £2O a year. The co-respondent occupied lodgings in Newman street in 1858 and 1859. After he had been there about six months he said his sister was coming from the country, took another bedroom foe her and brought Mrs. Jordan to the house. About five weeks afterwards he said she was his cousin; he took her out one morning, and when they came back said they had been married. They then lived together as man and wife.—Decree Nisi granted. WRENCH V. WRENCH. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner. Mary Ann Wrench prayed for a decree on the ground of the adultery coupled with the cruelty of her husband, Tryon Wake Wrench. Mrs. Wrench was the daughter of a lady who kept.a boarding house at Brighton, and the marriage 7 -which ap peared to have been a clandestine oner-took place on the 18th January, 1841. They lived together for a few months, sometimes in London, sometimes at Brighton, and Mrs. Wrench stated that he behavedovith great unkindness, was in the habit of threatening her, of standing by her with a stick and obliging her to write letters to her mother at his dictation, and that he once struck her. The chief cruelty, however, consisted in his having in fected her with a loathsome disease for which he was under treatment at the time of the marriage, and his having refused to allow a medical man to attend her until in the May following the marriage she became so ill that she was obliged to return to her mother's house. She never afterwards returned to him. In 1844 his mother and his sisters were lodging in the house of a lady named Crichton, near the Regent's-park, and he was afrequent visitor to them. He borrowed some money of Miss Crichton, made her an offer of marriage, and was accepted. Before the ceremony was performed they all went to stay at Margate, and Miss Crichton there went to a friend, who informed her that Wrench was a married man. She told him what she had heard; he did not deny it, and she immediately went home. Miss Crichton said she soon afterwards received wedding cards from him, and found he had gone through the ceremony of marriage with a lady named Gibbon, whom she had known at Margate. She was unable to get back the money she had lent him, and she served him with a writ at some lodg ings in Camden-town, where he was living with Gibbon. He and Gibbon went to France for about two years. On their return he called on Miss Crichton, pleaded great distress, said that in France he had been living in the next room to a was now near herme ti u r e r der he e r r, , a a dn advice. ict confinement,eh a a t n h dA i s ihi s ' es d e Ch a a r r id E c h m tnomona one' , to pro said she had no money at hand, and she gave him a gold watch, which he pledged for £3. He lived with Gibbon until 1858, and had children by her, and then, as the learned counsel stated, took to another woman named Davis. His Lordship said it was proved beyond all doubt that this miscreant, for he could call him by no other name, had been guilty of atrocious cruelty as well as of adultery. Decree nisi granted. SLADDON V. SLADDON AND GREENLAND. Dr. Twiss, Q.C., and Mr. Biron were counsel for the petitioner. Henry Sladdon, an engine -driver, married Mary Ann Sladdon in April, 1855, and lived with her chiefly at the house of her mother, who kept a lodging-house at Dover, until April, 1857. He then accused Ler of having committed adultery with Greenland, a clerk to a wine merchant, and sepa rated from her. Mr. and Mrs. Paul, the father and mother of the respondent, were called and cross-examined by the learned counsel, but no evidence of the truth of the charge of adultery was extracted from either of them. The hearing was adjourned for further evidence. TEE NAVE The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Commander M'Killop, is expected to proceed from Portsmouth to other ports on Friday with a portion of the crew of the Marlborough. She is afterwards destined to pro ceed to Ascension, convoying out a coal depot. The Marlborough, 131, screw, Captain W. H. Stewart, C. 8., will be paid off at Portsmouth on Friday next. A return of the cost of stripping and refitting this ship, as affecting her rigging alone, would be an instructive document for the perusal of members of the House of Commons. The Royal standard was hoisted yesterday "half mast" from the main of H.M.S. Victory, in Ports mouth harbour, as a symbol of mourning for the decease of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The ensigns of each ship in commission, together with the national unions hoisted at the dockyard, the public buildings, and the forts and batteries of the port, also floated from the same position. Letters dated Greytown, Feb. 22, have been re ceived at Plymouth from the paddlewheel steam sloop Hydra, 6, Commander It F. Hamilton. Divers have been under her to ascertain the extent of the injuries she received through grounding, Jan. 10, at the east end of the island of Cuba. The injuries incurred will prevent her from continuing on sur veying duty in the West Indies—she will therefore •be brought home, and may be expected shortly at Plymouth. Steam was got up yesterday morning on board the screw steamship Gibraltar, 101, in Hamoaze, preparatory to her making an experimental trip outside Plymouth Breakwater, to try her engines ; but the trial was postponed, in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather. The screw steam gunvessel Pantaloon, 11, was appointed to be hauled into the lock in Keyham steatnyard yesterday afternoon, ready for going to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze to-day to be masted. The sailing ship Bombay, which is in course of conversion in No. 4 dock at Chatham from an 80- gun sailing ship to a 90-gun line-of-battle screw steamer, has the large number of 200 shipwrights employed on her, in consequence of the instructions received from the Admiralty for every effort to be made in completing her. From the rapid progress already made in this vessel a very few weeks will see her completed and fit to leave the dock, to be fitted with her machinery, which will be of 400 horse power. . . Instead of the Dolphin, 3-gun brigantine, which was given by the Admiralty for the Coastguard service, instructions have been received at Chatham for No. 4 mortar vessel to be selected from those lying in reserve in the Medway, at Chatham, and handed over to the Custom-house authorities to be converted into a watch vessel, superseding the old 10 •gun brig Harpy, hitherto in use for that pur pose. His Netherland Majesty's steam frigate Amster dam, Captain Muller, from the Tool, bound for Batavia, put into Falmouth on Saturday morning for the purpose of taking fuel, &c., for the voyage. Rear-Admiral of the White Robert Stuart, K.H., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, was conveyed on Sunday afternoon by the steam vessel Avon from Plymouth Sound to Mount Wise, where the gallant Admiral paid a visit to Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., Commander in-Chief at Devonport. Yesterday morning the flagship of the fleet, the Princess Royal, 91, Capt. Charles Fellowes, steamed from the Sound into Hamoaze, where she was placed at moorings off Keyham steamyard, preparatory to her occupying No. 3 dock there, on its being vacated by the gun boats Heron and Doterel. Admiral Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, 'who died on the 14th inst., at Langley-park, Norfolk, was the son of the second baronet, by the second daughter of Mr. Robert Palmer, of Sunning, Berk shire. He was born at Langley-park in 1781, and married in 1812 the eldest daughter of Mr. T. Gregory, who died in 1859. He entered the navy in 1784, and assisted in the capture of a Batavian frigate on the coast of Norway, in which he was wounded. In 1801 he received the Turkish gold medal for his services in Egypt, and in 1802 was advanced to the rank of Commander, in which capa city in the Zebra he served at the bombardment of Havre in 1804. He attained flag rank in 1841. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Edward Parsons, acting First-class Assistant- Fngineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; Richard E. Denison, Second-class Assistant-Engineer, to the Princess Royal, for ser vice in the Porpoise. THE ARMY. Capt. Freeth, R.A., Inspector of Artillery, assisted by a mechanical staff from Woolwich, has commenced a searching examination into the condition of the guns mounted on the works of Portsmouth and Portsea, and the various outlying forts and bat- teries. As upwards of 700 guns are actually mounted, the duty will occupy some time. The Osborne, paddle-yacht, Master Commander G. R. Bower, got up steam to test machinery yesterday in the steam basin at Portsmouth, on the completion of repairs. Everything worked satisfactorily. No. 5 Battery, Bth Brigade Royal Artillery, con sisting of 104 horses and six Armstrong guns, waggons, &c., marched from Exeter Barracks on Saturday morning for Limerick. The officers accompanying it are Major A. S. Green, Lieuts. Donar and Thornhill, Assist-Surg. Robinson, and Vet.-Surg. Lord. The dismounted portion of the battery will proceed by rail on Thursday next, in command of Capt. Trederoft. At Bristol a steamer specially fitted up by Government will embark the whole battery, with all its officers, men, horses, guns, stores, ammunition, and tent equipage, for conveyance to Waterford en route to Limerick. The same steamer will be employed in carrying backwards and forwards all the 16 batteries of the Bth and 9th Brigades in the course of this summer. This is the first time that field batteries have been allowed to embark their horses and stores on proceeding to Ireland ; hitherto the officers and men only were shifted, but the experience gained in going through the process of embarking and ma nagement of horses on board ship is well worth the extra expense. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. • • .. .. Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. April 4. Buenos Ayres, Monto Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico .. April 1. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. March 20 Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. April 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Mar. 21. Do (via Marseilles) Mar. 29. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Mar. 21. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 29. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. M ar . 28. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Mar. 22. Lisbon .. .. • . .. Mar. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Mar. 22. ..,.,. . Vigo, and Oporto .. .. . • • • .. Mar. 21. United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Mar. 20. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. April 10, West Indies and Pacific, Cartbagens, Cuba, Ito, April 1. TEE SUPPLY 0)! COTTON. The attention which has lately been devoted to this subject by the English press appears to have found an echo on the other side of the Atlantic. Our contemporaries, alarmed lest the present crisis should interfere with the supply required to feed the Lancashire manufacturers, urged the develop- ment of the culture of cotton in India, Asia Minor, Turkey, Algeria, and other warm countries. The New cork Herald of Feb. 23 published a very long and able article, filled with curious information, on the other side of the question, with a view to show that cotton cannot be grown on a large scale with any prospect of success, anywhere but in the Southern States of America.. It says :—" We pos sess the only extensive and reliable cotton re gion in the world. All thoughts of rivalry or hopes of its supplies being superseded by other re gions are totally absurd, and are only entertained by visionary men, or by those who are igno rant of its cultivation. We must understand that there are about fifty various varieties of the gosypium, or cotton plant, and that out of the whole number there are only about four culti vated for commercial purposes, each of which is an annual, and requires replanting every year. The perennial cotton trees of the tropics are wholly use less, so far as the quantity or tivality is concerned ; their pods, or bolls, are small and comparatively few to the tree, while the fibre of the cotton is coarse, harsh, and brittle. We must comprehend the fact that the annual plants cultivated in the United States are only adapted to a climate where rain and sunshine alternate, with sufficient heat to mature the plants, and that they will not stand the extremes of drought and rain common to all inter tropical latitudes, where the only plan which can be employed in rearing them consists in irrigation— a method too artificial and expensive ever to be em ployed on a large scala. Hence, when we hear that India, Africa, Algeria, Egypt, or Central America is to compete with the United States, we know that the thing is simply impossible. In the United States the northern limits of the cotton culture are bounded by 34 to 36 degrees north latitude, omitting intervening mountainous elevations and stripes of sterile soil ; and by the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico (the latter being in latitudes 28 to 30 degrees) on the south. This cotton region ex tends around the Gulf of Mexico through Texas to the mouth of the Rio Grande on the south-west, and stretches in a north-easterly and south-westerly direction from about the longitude of 76 degrees 30 minutes to 99 degrees west of Greenwich. The main cause of the fertility of the country thus described is attributable to the great basin of water known as the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Stream, which passes out parallel with the shores of the Southern cotton States. The water of the Mexican Gulf heated by the rays of a tropical sun, causes an immense evaporation, which, in expanding or drifting north, or towards the elevated lands east and west of the Mississippi, is condensed by cold air, and produces frequent showers during the warm mouths of spring and summer, and which are the life of the cotton plants. A similar process takes place along the Southern Atlantic States. The evaporation from the Gulf Stream is con densed by the cooler air of the Alleghanies. Thus we have an immense region of cotton lands over which nature has established the most wonderful system of irrigation known in the world, in com bination with the proper amount of h eat and rich • ness of soil. When we consider that physical advantages have been united with enter aged b prise, skill, and slave institutions, F t a?! 7 American intellect, under free insti utions, all tending to their development, Prioted by the only fixed labour suitable to the . culture of cotton, these great why the United States enjoy a monoply 11 its pro duction. we shall experience no difficulty in comprehending DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN IN ST. PANCRAS.—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, it was discovered that Mr. Salmon, of Albany-street, Be gent's -park, a grocer in a large way of business, bad com police-constable Li m b urn 333 S, w itted suicide. His' servant went about eight o'clock. as w as usual, to the stable, to take out the horse, when he ini. t the e rope. con" found the door fastened. H e l oo ked through the keyhole and then observed his mas t er su spended by a rop e , Seeing h stable got over the fanlight of thehedocaloriedanhd cu A surgeon was sent for, and stated that life was extinct. No cause can be assigned for the rash act. The previous night he went to bed not showing an y signthat would l ea d to a supposition he would commit suicide. The Boulogne Messenger says : " A bureau for the transmission of telegraPhie messages was opened at the railway station on the 10th ult., and will be continued there for the future." 47. V: •O't ' ' ' ' \., ' T/ -t , l' \s \ A . Y.,_!• . 41 `l, , g ',.- '.. . 1 4 1..., :%.,I..r? r ....____ The Levant ilerald of March ti, which has jug'l reached us, contains the following items of news ;---. "Telegraphic news was received in town yester day evening from Galatz, announcing the occur rence there of extensive inundations, from the breaking up of the ice, which have flooded the whole lower part of the town, invelxing inimetasa loss of property in the magazines and private houses ; several of the inhabitants had alsu perished, and thousands more are houseless through the calamity. H.M. gunboat Recruit had also lost a large quan tity of stores. " Since the publication of this we have received the following from our Galatz correspondent : " ' GAL kTT, March I.—l regret having to report the occurrence of a dire calamity during the past week. The inundations, caused by the increased body of water brought down by the breaking up of the ice, having inflicted a serious loss on this town, attended, lam sorry to say, with logs of life. The exact number of victims I have been unable to ascertain. The injury done to the lower part of the town has been very extensive, not only to the dwellers of the poorer portion of our community, but to the stores of grain which wet e situated there. We have had this season a much larger quantity of corn in store than usual, chiefly purchased. ox English account. From the information that has been supplied to me from the best sources, I am enabled to state that the esti mated value of the property destroyed is upwards of a Tauter of a million sterling. I have not yet been able to learn particulars from Ibraila and other districts, but all accounts agree in stating that the whole of the banks of the Danube have pre sented a scene of great desolation, and the aggre gate loss will form a very heavy matter. Rapid, however, as has been the destruction which I have now reported, the subsiding of the mass of water which caused so much alarm has been equally so, and we have now little further trace of the inunda tion than the ruin it has left behind, and which will take some time to repair. In addition to the loss whick the town has thus sustained. her Ma jesty's steamer Recruit, Capt. Spain, has had her paddlewheels seriously injured, and has also lost a large quantity of stores in one of the magazines on shore. Happily, however, none of her men suffered either in life or limb from the mishap. . «' I mentioned in a former letter that we had a number of Hungarians here waiting the opportu nity to pass up the Danube ; the number has since been much increased, and the men have been divided into two battalions, but unfortunately the arms which were seized some time ago, and which have since been given over to the British authori ties, are thus rendered of no avail, and further sup plies cannot now be introduced. In the uncer tainty of the aspect of the political horizon, we are of course unable to offer any idea as to whe ther our Hungarian friends will be afforded the opportunity of proving their prowees. We have no political news of any importance at the present moment.' "BI RNIIG or THE SARDINIAN LEGATION,—. About three o'clock on- Sunday morning, a fire broke out in one of the rooms occupied by the Sardinian Minister, in the Rue Tepebashi, and spread,so rapidly, in spite of all efforts to over come it, that in a few hours the whole mansion was gutted from basement to roof. So quickly, indeed, did the flames engulph room after room that General and Madame Durand() and the per sonnel of the legation had barely time to effect their individual escape, leaving clothes, furniture, books, documents, and everything a prey to the devouring element. In addition to the usual municipal and other fire engines which arrived speedily on the spot, the powerful engine of the British embassy played with admirable effect from the palace gar dens, and contributed by the vast volume of water which it poured into the burning mass to confine the flames to the scene of its outbreak. Hap pily, the house, which belonged to Mr. Zariti, was of stone, and the mischief was therefore the more easily kept from extending to the neighbour ing buildings, some of which, in the rear, are of wood. The calmness of the morning also contri buted to the same fortunate results " The origin of the calamity is said to be un known, but an investigation will of course be held, which will probably reveal it." TRADE DISPUTES. PROPOSED REDUCTION OF WAGES IN THE COT TON TRADE.—At a meeting of the master cotton spinners and manufacturers of Preston and the neighbourhood, held on Friday at the Bull Hotel, it was unanimously resolved that a month's notice be give at the various mills of the mem bers of the association of a reduction of 5 per cent. in the rate of wages paid to weavers, winders, and warpers. The present rate of wages is 5 per cent. above the Preston standard list, and this 5 per cent , which was added last April, is proposed to be taken off. At the same meeting a resolution was come to requesting the committee or the association to take steps for the formation of a general association of the masters of North Lancashire, for the protection of the interests of the trade.—Preston Chronicle. THE ASHTON ; STALEYBRIDGE, AND HYDE WEAVERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.—A notice of reduction given by the masters in Ashton, Staley. bridge, bridge, Dukinfield, Hyd e , an d Glossop, to the operatives in their empl o y men t, o f 71 per cent. on their present rate of wages, has ca use d con sid era b le , excitement during the past week, and the operatives have held meetings at the respective places named to consider the notice received. The meeting at Staleybridge was a crowded one, but no definite resolution was come to, it being understood that a general meeting of the district would be called. On Friday night a very large meeting was held at Ashton. Mr. John Bolton, a weaver, who presided, said he believed the contemplated reduction was not necessary, and he urged that a reduction of the hours of labour would be much more acceptable to the operatives. Mr. W. Shawcross moved a resolu tion to the effect that the meeting respectfully re quest the manufacturers to reconsider their decision, and that they be requested to work short time, be lieving that to be the only remedy to bring about a better state of trade. The resolution was carried amidst great applause. A deputation was ap - pointed to wait on the masters, anti after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting broke up. LOCK OUT OF THE CONGLETON RIBBON WEA VERS.—From the long-continued depression of the silk trade, it has for some weeks been feared that many of the masters of Congleton would be com pelled to succumb to the increased competition which they find brought against them, and on Monday last they communicated to the men that, as trade did not seem to revive, they must submit to a reduction of wages. The weavers almost unani mously refused to accept what had been offered them ; hence a lock-out, which commenced on Mon day morning and still continues, the weavers wandering in groups up and down the town, and preventing the return to work of any of their number. Owing to the strong combination which exists among unionists in Congleton there appears to be little chance of an amicable settlement being come to at present, unless some concession is made by one party, the lock-outs naturally looking to the trade unions in other towns—especially in Derby —for a return of that support which they rendered under similar adverse circumstances. The dispute is rendered doubly perplexing from the circumstance that the largest ribbon firm in the town—Messrs. Pearson and Sons—have not considered themselves at liberty to adopt the same course as that pursued by the other masters. At present the lock -out extends to the firms of Messrs. Brown and K en , nerley, Lees and Leadbeat er, Rowley, Berisford, Wood, Davis, Cook, Garside, Warrand er, and some including others. About 300 ha nds a r e out, ap prentices. Besides the question . of wages, the em ployment of apprentices furnishes another bone of con t en tion, the men contending that the received regulations of the trade limit the num ber of ap prentices in the proportion of one to every seven j ou rneymen. This rule was passed at a time when the trade of the town was in a very different condi tion to what it is now. The proportionate number for a long time ha s b een one t o five, but as the me n say this has been infringed upon. they . have pre ,pprenttees In the lock vented the return of any on the other hand, say out firms. The employers , they are compelled to seek c . heaper labour in order com pete with the manufacturers to enable them to of Derby, Coventry, and elsewhere, w h o, s i nce t h e reduction in these places, have an a d vantage over t h e Congleton man ufacturers by th e emp l oyment o f cheaper labour. An attempt has been made at ne gotiation during the week. Th e mas t er s in v it e d two of the magistrates, Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Dakin, a nd the Rev, J. Oakden, to confer with a deputation from the men, suggesting that the matter should be referred to a court of arbitration. These gentle men met a deputation from the weavers on Friday, but no satisfactory result was come to. The met say they are willing to submit their case to a cork pete nt authority, and that any court of arbitrat3.on which may he appointed shall be presided over, by a chairman who is well versed in the technicrAlities and usages of the trade as carried on in Cowgleton. —Manchester Guardian. MESSINA,—The Sardinians bombarded the fort of Messina for four hours only, and not "fors days," as the ordinary despatches say. It was then the terms of capitulation suggested by the French were accepte The town has suffered very little, and not lial&A-ibzen wen were killed ou either side.