The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

SIR R. PEEL IN BELFAST. In reply to the address of the Mayor and Cor poration, the right hon. baronet spoke as follows : " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—l thank you very heartily for the address which we have now listened to, and I bog leave to tender to you all—those who are present and those who are absent—the expres sion of my warmest acknowledgments for the gr atifying distinction with which you have hon oured me. I do not, however, gentlemen, for one moment suppose that lam in any way worthy of the gratifying encomiums which have been passed upon me. I accept them in part as the son of that statesman to whom allusion has been made in this address which has now been read—(applause)—and I rejoice to find that the expectations which he had formed on one notable occasion of a memorable ad dress in the House of Commons have been, both in this country and in England, realised by the grate ful recollections with which his memory is cherished by all classes of the community—(applause) -- but most particularly by those—to use his most eloquent words—by those of whom there are many thousands in your town of Belfast, by those whose lot it is to labour and to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow—the sweeter because it is no longer leavened with a sense of injustice. (Applause.) I accept, also, gentlemen, the compliment you have paid me in part as the political agent of a Govern ment presided over by a distinguished and truly popular statesman, who during the late troublesome times has guided the vessel of the State with consummate tact, and by his public acts and by his truly national policy has secured to us the inestim able blessings of peace, and to himself the gratitude and affection of his countrymen. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, when I came to this country I was led to suppose that her Majesty's Government, however popular in England and in the House of Commons, was unpopular with a section in this country, because it refused to involve the people of this country in a European war, in defence, or rather by the advocacy, of that subjugation under which Italians have groaned during many years. Well, I am happy to find, gentlemen, that men of independent character, of all classes and creeds in this country, unite in affirming and approving the policy of her Majesty's Government; and I must say that I am glad to find that this is the case, be cause, depend upon it, no Government in the United Kingdom could hope to remain four-and-twenty hours in power if it ventured to have followed any other policy; and no coquetting with the Ultra montane section would be able—(applause)--no coquetting, I say, with the Ultramontane section would be able to ward off the indignation and the censure of Parliament. (Cheers.) Now, as regards myself, from the experience I have had, if any thing were wanting to induce me to sympathise with Italy—if anything were wanting to caure me to applaud the policy of the Government in this respect, it is the very melancholy and unhappy practice which I have seen ever existing in this country, of mixing up purely secular subjects with ecclesiastical censure. (Hear, hear.) Now, this mixing up of purely secular subjects with ecclesias tical censure is very objectionable, and I must say, for my part, that I highly disapprove the principle of fulminating ecclesiastical denunciations against the political acts of public men who may chance to differ from the authors of denunciations on the grounds of religious observance. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, just figure to yourselves his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury exhuming from the se pulcre of our Parliamentary debates extracts from Hansard, and incorporating them in:a circular to the clergy of his province, denouncing, with the most severe ecclesiastical censure, political views upon the extension of the franchise, or upon Irish tramways. Or go further, suppose the Archbishop of Canterbury, holding up to popular indignation a Roman Catholic who goes for purposes of charity into the outlying districts of Stepney and Spitalfields for the purpose of doing good. Why, such conduct as that would only raise a smile of pity in England, and would tend, un questionably, to lower the character of that sacred office which he so worthily fills. But lam sorry to say that it is precisely that I complain of in this country. I know, fortunately, that it only exists on one or two occasions, and I know this, that it meets with the condemnation of every man, no mat- ter what his creed or class—that it meets with general condemnation. (Cheers.) Why, his Grace the Archbishop Legate of this country, not follow ing the example which was set by his honoured predecessor, Dr. Murray, has thought proper to col late extracts from Hansard upon various subjects —Spain—(cheers)—ltaly, and I know not what — and, with Jesuitical ingenuity, to endeavour to con strue them into an accusation against myself, as a charge against the Irish people. (Cheers.) Gentle men, I am not sure that the Archbishop is quite right in the course which he is now following in placarding me in a pastoral of most unjust insinua tions, to whom do you think ? The clergy of the diocese of Dublin. Well, now, Ido pity the man —I may say that my heart bleeds for the man, who would lay any weight on such insinuations as these. (Hear.) For myself, thank God, I am made of sterner stuff—(great applause)—than to suppose that my countrymen for one moment would be lieve or place faith in acts or language which savour rather of monkish superstitious of the Middle Ages than the bold features of religious tolera tion. (Tremendous applause.) I know not ; gentle men, bow far the ecclesiastical discipline and doctrine of the Church of Rome may approve such conduct, but this I do know, and I echo the sentiments of every man in the room—this I do know, that such blasphemous denun ciations of public men at the sacred altar of the Most High, the ultimate Judge of all men, is incompatible with the sacred precepts of the Gos pel, and receives, as it deserves, the universal con demnation of every man of a liberal and enlightened mind. For my part, I forgive from the bottom of my heart the course of the Legate, and I accept by anticipation the apology which his calmer moments must suggest for the uncivil and unjust denuncia- • tions with which he has thought proper to visit me, (Applause.) But why has he thought proper to denounce me ? I will tell you the reason—it is what was mentioned in this address. It is because I have expressed myself on more than one occasion in favour of the intellectual and educational deve lopment of this country. (Cheers.) I took occasion in St. Patrick's-hall to proclaim, to declare that my idea of the progress of this country was wrapped 11 1 3 in the development of that educational progress "(cheers)—and I told the audience there that the best way t o f oster and improve it was, not by look ing to Government for support, but by your own unaided e xertions—unaided, that is, by Govern ment,—and by public • • , spirit to endow those great institutions, the Queens and fellowships, coleie.h s Colleges, with scholarships, in different parts of Tent with similar institutions e what has been th e resultet'tt of whatutrT. (Cheers.) And am happy to say that the noblest 1 said there ? I in this land—aye, more than that, that the merchant princes of this country—one of them, at all ev ents,—the most emi nent publisher of Dublin, and one of the most emi nent merchants of Dublin, have spontane ous l writ ten to me, approving that address—.(hear) ,_and (he y and at this moment the subscription list for that founda tion, without any appeal to the public, amounts to the very large sum of nearly £2,900. (Rear, and cheers.) As the address was passing th roug h the press that eminent publisher, Mr. Aleaand©r letter, and he said '1 so warmly Thom, wrote to me a have done that I beg to en approve what you close you a memorandum.' For what do you sug - pose ?-4,600. (Applause.) That eminent mer to me, saying, chant of Dublin, Mr. Guinness, wrot e I so warmly approve what you have done that I ' beg to enclose you a check for 1200.' (Applause.) And that noble merchant—aye, one of nature's nobleman himself—Mr. Malcomson wrote to me and said, ' I so warmly approve what you have done —I wish so thoroughly to participate in the object which you have in view, I beg to send you an amount equivalent to £600.' (Loud applause.) 'Well, I say, these are noble instances of the public 'Pith of this country, and I hope I shall also be enabled amongthis enlightened and intelligent community to find the ro are men, who will co operate with us i n (ma a work. eavonting to promote so ex cellentVia)luse.) Permit me, hoiveVer, r to take this opportunity of saying that it has been most unjust against me to suppose that, in the course which I have taken on this subject, I have endeavoured in any way to throw a slur upon Trinity College, Dublin. Such an idea never en tered into my mind. (Applause.) I have too much respect for the antiquity and veneration for the ser vices which that college has rendered to this coun try—(hear, hear)—to allow any word of mine to pass that could be employed as conveying an insult against such a venerable and such a magnificent endowment. All that I wished was, all that Ido wish is, and all that I intend to see accomplished is, that these Queen's Colleges, by the sums of money given by the public—not by the Government — should be enabled to establish scholarships and bursaries for the intelligent youth of Ireland. And I must take this opportunity of saying that I visited yesterday the Queen's College in this town, and I was highly pleased with what I saw—excel lent lecturers—remarkable men,—l should rather say with well attended class-rooms; and I must also take this opportunity of tendering to the youth and students of that college my acknowledgments for the kind and flattering manner in which they received me on the occasion of my visit. (Loud applause.) Well, now, gentlemen, if lam not de taining you too long—(No, no) —permit me to turn to another subject. It is difficult to convey in ade quate language the satisfaction which a public man in a position such as I hold derives from the oppor tunity of witnessing the energy and enterprise of his countrymen in the various parts of this king dom. Such, however, has been my advantage, in company with one of the most distinguished of her Majesty's servants in Ireland—in company with one who, by his activity and vigilance in the supervision of the department under his control, has rendered most important service to the State in the peace and security of this country. In his company I have travelled through a large extent of district, and re collect that in a fortnight I have been enabled to derive from personal observation more information than could be collected from whole files of different reports. (Loud applause.) I can confidently assert that the reports and rumours which have been cir culated about a famine- in this country have been greatly exaggerated. I speak on the authority of per sonal observation. I leave those who can write in the secluded districts of Connaught the task of refuting, if they can, what I know to be true. In Sligo, in Donegal, I hear very different accounts from those which I had been led to believe, and from personal observation in Mayo and Galway and from letters I have received I am assured that nothing of the kind that was alleged exists. Of course, lam ready to ad mit, with every gentleman in this room, that there has been a comparative failure of the potato crop, and that food will be dear, but a scarcity of food is not necessarily a famine, and it is very easy to under stand the interested motives of some who are anxious to gain public applause by a feigned zeal for the public in spreading about these exaggerated rumours. (Applause.) Now, I must say, as far as I myself am concerned,l do not find that these apprehensions are in any way likely to be realised. I have travelled over a very large extent of country—from Galway to Belfast—l have seen a vast range of country, not like a trunk, not in a railway, but with my own eyes (applause), and from the best of ability which personal observation and personal inquiry can enable me to obtain. Now, I admit I have been rather disappointed with Galway. I had only a limited opportunity of judging of it, but it bore a very hungry appearance. I speak honestly in say ing that it did not convey to my mind the impres sion of a town that quite came up to the expecta tions that I had formed from its ambition to become the great centre of oceanic communication between America and this country. At all events, what I saw ill contrasted with the stirring community of Sligo, or with the extraordinary mercantile de velopment which 1 witnessed in the distinguished city of Derry; and here, again, in Belfast, one of the noblest cities of the empire (applause), I have learnt to admire the prodigious energy and com mercial prosperity which are the results of your own unaided exertions. (Cheers.) No Government grant. (Cheers.) If you had Government grants, depend upon it you would not be what you are. But I see this town contributing to the dignity and character of this empire; and I must say that I admire the man who, from his connexion with this town, is in a position to represent the town of Bel fast in the Commons House of Parliament. Gen tleman, I should be very sorry longer to delay you with observations upon a subject which I could dilate upon at considerable length. This I may say, that in coming to Ireland I represent England's love for the sister isle. (Cheers.) I bring with me England's love, which elicited Ireland's gratitude in her season of famine and distress (renewed cheering) ; that same love which is still felt with undiminished ardour in her happier days of progress and social improvement. I come here to carry out the instructions of Her Majes ty's Government towards all classes and towards all creeds, without respect of persons, impartially and without prejudice—(cheers)—and so far as is consistent, or, rather, so far as depends upon the political action of Government and of Parliament, to assist in promoting works of public utility and national advantage. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) And if, gentlemen, by acquiring a knowledge of the wants and resources of this country, I can in any way, so far as depends upon My humble power, aid, or sustain, or strengthen the pedestal upon which it is based—the development of Ireland's commer cial prosperity and social wellbeing—it will be to me a source of such gratification that I should be unable to convey it in adequate terms. (Cheers.) And, gentlemen, if that bo so, if it is permitted to me to do anything good in this country, I shall have the satisfaction of feeling, not only that I have done my duty, but that I have been able to show that I am not unmindful of my father's example— (cheers) —that I am not altogether unworthy to reap those fruits which I here gather at your generous hands of his conspicuous fame." (Loud cheers.) GREAT FIRE 1N BELFAST. The following is from ,Saunders' Newsletter : " BELFAST, Saturday.—This morning, at a little before six o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr. Davison's mill, Ballymacarrett, and the alarm was at once given by the miller to the Police-office, Belfast, at the constabulary-barrack, and he also sent for the fire brigade. The constabulary, under Head-con stable Lamb, to the number of 13, were quickly on the spot, and their first object was to save as much of the contents of the mill as possible. With the aid of several civilians they succeeded in rescu ing about £5OO worth of flour, &c., which would have been damaged by the water had it not been removed. Having heard that a young man named John Ferguson, from Rock corry, county of Monaghan, aged about 19 years, an apprentice to the business of miller, was somewhere in the building, they endeavoured to reach him, but without effect, and the poor fel low perished in 'the flames on the fourth storey. The mill is built bottle-shaped, and it appears that Ferguson and another workman were in the third storey when the fire appeared, and he shouted to the miller, who was below him, ' Fire, fire !' thus giving the first alarm. The miller called to them to go to the back part of the floor, and escape by the window. The seeond man did so, and leaped down some 24 feet, and escaped comparatively un injured; but poor Ferguson ascended a floor, and got into greater smoke, especially in the neck of the bottle•shaped premises, and lost his life, the body having been found burnt to a cinder. The fire brigade arrived in about half an hour after the constabulary, but previously a good supply of water searched had been poured on the fire from a hose kept on the in order to rescue hi premises. The brigade forced open windows, and everywhere • t b was ut b s n o p w p o a sac at d t Ferguson be tim e d w e a a s d , The flames were on the floor .of the buildin g, abovekeviliere it was supposed ho was. ana p t tenfined to the upper floors served. The fire brigad e ones have been pre command of Green Chief-constables admirably, under and 11Pliittrick and Deputy -superintendent morilVa. Mr. W. [ Coates, J.P,, was present, and to sever i a l l salvage inspector. The premises were not fire a n d and the damage done will amount Ted, dred pounds. Head -constable Lamb had the burnt remains of Ferguson placed in a coffin, and word sent to his friends in the county of Monaghan. An inquest will be held on the remains as early as pos sible. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been at a new silk machine, which was being oiled the time. at The burning of these mills will throw sever al hands out of g ood and the oss sustained by ers in the locality, Davison was considered one of the l very best . em ploy life than all his himself laments more the loss of him is deeply regretted by all around, while he monetary interest." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY .pVENINV, NOVEVIBER 19, 1861. FRENCH CORN MARKETS. There has not been much variation in prices either in the Paris flour or corn markets last week. The country markets are likewise quiet. Accounts received from 163 market towns state that in 83 prices have fallen, and that in 80 prices have either risen or are firm and well maintained. Farmers are slow in bringing their corn to market this year, though this is the season for the payment of rents : but, on the other hand, many millers having a stock of foreign wheat on hands, for which they paid cash, are not inclined for the present to con tinue their purchases. We must consequently wait until the present stock of flour in the hands of millers and bakers be consumed to judge of the effect to be produced on the corn and flour markets. If, for example, the markets be better supplied with home-grown wheat, if the importation of foreign _ _ _. . . . corn into France be not considerably diminished, prices will naturally decline. Such events, how ever, are not probable. It is said, on the contrary, hat contracts entered into with German houses for a further supply of Hungarian wheat have been can celled, and that ships are being chartered at Havre and at Marseilles to carry wheat to England. The Nouvelliste, of Rouen, says :—" In our lmt agricultural review we prognosticated the moment when "England, pressed by want, would again ask from France the corn she had sent her. This sin- gular sending and fetching begins to operate, if we may believe a letter from Nantes, which states that several English vessels which had entered that port with cargoes of corn had received orders by tele graph to bring them back intact to England. It is probable that this kind of cross speculation will cost our English neighbours dear." The factors at the Paris flour market declared'on Saturday, 1,683 sacks of flour, of which 484 of first quality sold for delivery within 30 days at from 78f to 84f the sack of 157 kilogrammes. The latest price on Saturday for flour of the six marks was 82f 50c the sack for the present month, 83f 50c for December, and 86f for the first four months of next year. Wheat—choice samples, 38f 32c the 100 kilogrammes ; first quality, 37f 8c to 37f 48c ; second quality, 35f 42c to 35f 83c. Oats continue to fall in the Paris market in consequence of the large supply coming from all quarters and the limited demand. Choice samples were sold last week at 31f the sack of 150 kilogrammes. First quality, from Beauee and Brie, 30f to 30f 50c ; Champagne, 30f. A large quantity of oats from Picardy was offered at 30f the sack. Rye is less asked for than it was some weeks since in the Paris market. Choice samples were sold last week at 24f the sack of 115 kilogrammes, and inferior at 23f. Some sales were effected to execute orders received from Belgium. Barley is offered in the Paris market, but there are no buyers except for samples of the very best quality. The best samples are offered at 21f the 100 kilogrammes, and second quality at 20f. The wind was favourable last week at Marseilles for the arrival of ships from the Levant. The wheat imported amounted to 287,000 hectolitres. A part of this corn was forwarded to the provincial markets in the interior, the stores at Marseilles being full. The demand for Bordeaux for the supply of the markets in the Charentes, Poitou, and Perigord has ceased for the present. The consequence is a slight decline in the price of wheat and flour. The corn market at Nantes is quiet. Some parcels of American wheat were sold last week at 26f 50c the 80 kilogrammes, or 33f 12c the 100 kilogrammes, the same price as American wheat brings at Havre. The telegraph has brought the prices of the pro vincial markets held on Saturday. "Amiens.—Market better supplied with wheat, but the quality is very inferior. A fall of 50 cen times the quintal on wheat. Barley offered at a reduction of 50 centimes. Oats firm. ig Arras—Market well supplied ; sales difficult, without any variation in price. Wheat 25f to 30f 50c. Chartres—Market scantily supplied with corn ; sales brisk, at a rise of if the hectolitre on wheat. No change in the price of oats. "Dijon—Market sufficiently supplied. Wheat 32f to 33f the 100 kilometres. Oats falling. Flour quiet. "Marseilles—The importations are diminishing ; the market is less heavy. Irka wheat, 31f 50c ; Marianopolis, 37f 50c; Saidi, 24f 50c the measure of 100 litres. " Melun—Market tolerably well supplied, The average price of wheat 25f 60c the hectolitre, being a rise of 38c. No change in the price of oats. " Metz-1,829 hectolitres of wheat sold to-day at an average of 32f 40c the quintal; oats, 17f 25c; flour, 47f the 100 kilogrammes." A corn merchant at Marseilles has published the following letter on the present state of the market : "It has been frequently asserted that we require 300,000,000 f worth of wheat to supply the deficiency of the late wheat crop, and that consequently 300,000,000 f in specie must be withdrawn from the Bank. I do not dispute the amount of the deficiency, which I believe is nearly accurate, but I deny that the 300,000,000 f will be withdrawn from the Bank immediately, for the following reasons :—We rarely, and perhaps never, send specie to Odessa, Taganrog, the Danube, or to the various corn producing coun tries in the East to pay for the wheat purchased. there for account of Marseilles merchants. The principal houses engaged in that trade are bankers at Brody, Vienna, London, and Paris. They take advantage of their credit by giving orders that draughts shall be drawn on their bankers, and not on themselves. The draughts are generally drawn at 3 months' date. The consequence is that the Mar seilles merchant who enjoys good credit does not pay for the corn until 9 months after it is purchased, and sometimes not for the same period after he has received the bill of lading. If, then, our defi ciency amounts to 330,000,000 f worth, that sum will not be drawn from the Back except in small sums, and at intervals of nine months. The appre hension of a large draught of specie from the Bank of France to pay for corn is consequently erroneous, and it may be safely asserted that not more than half that sum will be withdrawn by the end of the year, including what has been already paid. My argu ment applies only to the corn imported through Mar seilles, which is the largest portion. Ido not allude to the corn imported from America and the Baltic through Havre." The price of wool is firm in the French markets. A letter from Havre states that 6,100 bags of wool were sold there last week, of which 1,200 were pur chased by speculators, 700 for the United States, 700 for Belgium and other parts of Europe, and the remainder for home consumption. Prices are now from 5 to 15 per cent. lower that they were in May last. The stock of wool remaining in the stores of Havre is estimated at 5,150 bags from Buenos Ayres, 900 from Montevideo, 550 from Australia, 500 from the Cape, 250 from Germany, and 200 from Spain and Portugal. There is a deficiency of good wool at Marseilles in consequence of large sales made last month for exportation, It is expected consequently that some cargos of wool coming from the Levant will bring a good price. 127 bags of wool were re ceived last week at Marseilles from Buenos Ayres, 80 from Tunis, 26 from Philippeville, 20 from Ro dosto, 695 from Montevideo, and 57 from Algiers. 6,000 bags of wool, washed and unwashed, are advertised for sale by auction at B.ouen on Wednes day and Thursday next. Accounts from St. Dizier state that the long wished for rain had at length arrived, that the iron masters are working regularly,and that several addi tional fires have been lighted. Some people expect a fall in the price of cast iron, but such is not the gene ral opinion. The price of 132 f for cast iron will pro bably be maintained for some time. One reason for believing that the price will not decline is that the ironmasters have a very small stock en hand. ma sale em of al t l im th b e er winter . in be A in al The same remark applies to wrought iron, and the general opinion entertained is that prices will re main u m hsi p te Imperial i ap a k l re f on o d r u e pc s le t adc a et2.3L6a,9n Theregwrfe. were 257 hect ares sold, s in the H au t e M aine has , or an averag e cif 9 22 f. 28c. th e h ectare. L ast year the average price was only` 7871. 3c, the acre. There were likewise 329 hectare"- 38 acres of wood the property of the commune sold, at an ave rage o f 821 f. the hectare. The price last year was 821 f. 42e. / the hectare. All the lots offered for 'Balt 'except two were sold. A great number of ironmasters at tended the sale. The Government is actively engaged in sowing the downs on the Atlantic and on the Mediterra nean. There still remain 11,800 hectares to be sown in the old province of Gascony. The ex pense is estimated at 1,275,000 f. There remain 7,500 hectares to be sown in the departments of la Vendee, the Morbihan, the Charente Inferieure, the Loire Inferieure, Finisterre, the Basses Pyre nees, and the Herault. The expense is estimated at 1,580,000 f. LAW IN TELLIG eNCE.—Nov. 18. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erle, and Justices Williams, Byles, and Keating.) MORRIS V. ANTHONY-AN INDIAN DOCTOR AND A LADY'S HOTEL BILL. This was an action to recover £64 10s. 61, the amount of an hotel bill for board, lodging, money lent, &c. Mr. Pearce and Mr. Clark appeared for the plain tiff; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Gib bons for the defendant. It was stated that the defendant was a medical man, who had for some time practised in Calcutta, and on the sth or 6th of July last he went to the New York Hotel in Leicester-street, Leicester square, accompanied by a lady. The lady stayed there continuously, and the defendant visited her most days and slept there occasionally. They had most expensive things supplied to:them, and . the bill down to the 28th August amounted to the sum now claimed, About the end of August the defendant represented to the lady that he was about being married, but it was found that he had paid his pas sage money to India, and was about to sail without discharging the plaintiff's account. Under these cir cumstances he was arrested upon a capias, and he subsequently paid the money into court to abide this trial. Mr. Morris, the plaintiff, said—About sth July the defendant and the lady came together to my house, I believe, but I was not present. They were there until the 28th Aug ust . I believe the defen dant left a day or two fore that time. I advanced money for cab fares and other things, the total amount of the bill being £64105. 6d. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You have sworn, for the purpose of having the defendant arrested, that he resided at y our hotel ? Witness—Yes, he slept there about four times, and had dinners and suppers there. I should not like to swear that he was there more than two or three nights. Mrs. Cannon is the lady the defen dant brought with him. She was an old acquaint ance of mine. She had been with her husband at my house two or three times. I knew that she was said to be married, and that Dr. Anthony was not the happy husband. (A laugh.) Iu my bill against the defendant there is a charge for brandy supplied to Mrs. Cannon on the 31st March, whilst she was staying at my house with her hus. band, and that arose in this way—On her last visit to the hotel Mrs. Cannon left £5 lls. 3d. due to me. They said they would send it from the Isle of Wight, but I had not received it on her return on the 6th of July. On the second day after her return I wrote her a note to say that it was im possible I could give her credit; and she then intro duced Dr. Anthony to me, and he said, " Let the lady have what she requires, and charge it to me ; I am So-and-so ; I have a large amount of property." He said he was going to take her to India. He did not say in what capacity. I remember lending Dr. Anthony 10s., and also paying 2s. 6d. for cab hire for him. The reason why the £sllx. 6d. was in troduced into this bill is because Dr. Anthony said he would pay. She said Dr. Anthony was going to be married to Mrs. Pound, and that he gave her £lOO to be off of it. I heard also that he was going to be married to a young lady in Essex, and I offered him a house in Hanover-street, and to let him run a bill until he got his money from India. Mrs. Pound, after his marriage, came to the hotel, and was going to arrest him. There were two or three going to arrest him for false promises. Mr. Groves—l live on my means. I resided at the plaintiff's hotel for ten months. Mrs. Cannon is a friend of my late wife. Mrs. Cannon had been living in the Isle of Wight, and then she came to town and performed on the stage, but she was not a regular actress. My wife, Mrs. Cannon, and Dr. Anthony dined together. I have heard Dr. An thony give orders at the hotel for wines and fruits, &c. I was in the drawing-room when Mrs, Can non asked him for a written guarantee for the hotel bill, and Dr. Anthony expostulated with Mr. Morris for not relying upon his honour, saying that he was a gentleman, and could be entirely relied on. Dr. Anthony said Mr. Morris could give Mrs. Cannon credit to the extent of £6O and charge it to him. This was on the Bth or 10th of July. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in opening the defend ant's case, said that Dr. Anthony was a medical officer employed by the Government to accompany ships carrying emigrants and coolies from one port to another. He was a native of India, and until the end of March last he had never been in this country. Dr. Anthony, a gentleman about 28 or 30 years old, was then called, and he gave his evidence with a good deal of volubility and excitement. He said —I knew not a single soul in England when I came over here except Dr. Sanger, with whom I came from Demerara. When I became acquainted with Mr. Woollaston he said, " If you have come to Eng land to get married, this lady (Mrs. Cannon) is a highly respectable lady, and she will get you the best of the young ladies in England if you only stick to her. (Laughter.) I took every English man for a respectable man, and I thought Mrs. Cannon a very respectable lady. I did not call on Mrs. Cannon again, for I could not find her house. At the latter end of June I met Mr. Woollaston, and he came up and shook hands and said, " Are you dead or living ; why did you not come up to the house ?" I said I had not been able to find the house. That same day I went to see Mrs. Can non, who jumped up and said, " Are you mar ried ?" and on my saying " No," she said, " That is all right, I will get you a young lady." (Laughter.) In July she introduced me to Miss Gaskin. Mrs. Cannon asked me to lend her £2O or £4O, but I said I could not, for I had no money. This was to pay her account. She then said that she would go to the New York Hotel, for she had been there with her husband, and Mr. Morris would give her credit to any amount. She said they would be glad to see me there. In two or three days I went to the hotel, and Mrs. Cannon in troduced me to Mr. and Mrs. Groves. They per suaded me to come next day, showing me all the best feeling they could and warm hospitality. Mrs. Cannon again invited me " very much': to go, and I went. I never promised to pay £5O for Mrs. Cannon, nor a single pice. When I was at the hotel a letter was brought to Mrs. Cannon from Mr. Morris, and she said, " Mr. Morris has insulted me • he knows my husband is a respectable man , and yet for £5 or £6 he asks me to walk out of the hotel ;" and then she showed me a letter from her husband, saying he would send her money, and another from an intimate friend, named Fox ; and she showed me the clothes in which she was going to the Soho Theatre to act, at a salary of £3O a week. She said, " Would you kindly speak to Mr. Morris for me ? " and she called me into the room. Neither Mr. Groves nor Mr. Woollaston was pre sent. I said, " What is all this about that you are worrying this poor woman ? " and he said, " She has left her old lodgings in Ormond street in debt, and I have no hopes of getting my money. She was indebted to me £5 or £6 when living with her husband, and I cannot keep her." I said, " You know she has a lawful husband, and he must pay it ; " and I told him of her husband's letter and Mr. Fox's letter, and said, "There is no fear about your money, she will pay you." Mr. Morris said, " Oh, very well —very well." I was sent for seve ral times because Mrs. Groves was seriously ill. One night they sent a message to say that Mrs. Groves was dying, and I got up out of my bed, and when I got to the hotel I found it was a falsehood. Mr. Groves and Mr. Woollaston said, "We can't live without you, and we did not know how to get you here except in this way." (Loud laughter.) That was the only night I slept there, and that was because they would not let me go. I never ordered things at the hotel. I would not take anything at first, but they said I was proud ; and I thought that it might offend them, not knowing the Eng lish custom, and then I toak the things. On the 18th August Mrs. Cannon took me into her room and said, " You are going to get married ;" and I said, " I know I am, and you have been writing to my wife." She said, " If you do not take my advice and give Mr. Morris £5O he will just stop your mar riage. He is a Yankee and a very wicked man, and he will go to my husband and tell him I WGS a kept mistress, and my husband will come down with a pair of pistols and kill you like a dog." (Loud laughter.) I said, " My conscience is clear, and it is no use to frighten me, you know I have no money, and why should I give a note of hand for you. You may say whatever you like about blowing my brains out, but there is English law and justice for me," I went to Mr. Morris and said, " What do you mean by asking me for £5O ? ' and he said "-Don't attend to what Mrs. Cannon says." He offered me a house when I got married, and to let me have money until I got some from India. Cross.examined—Mrs. Cannon introduced me to my wife, who is the daughter of a clergyman in Essex. _ _ ii;:examined—l have lost £3OO or £4OO by being detained from I n di a . I Wes married on the 21st ---~ - f~ - AuguS'i, and the bill now sued on comes down to the 28th August. His Lordsip directed the jury to consider upon whose credit the articles enumerated in the plain tiff's bill were supplied. The jury, after considering the matter for a few minutes, found for the defendant. Upon the verdict being pronounced the defendant became so excited that his friends had to take him out of court, but some brandy and water having been administered he recovered himself, and went away with his solicitor. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBB FRY AT P. DDINGTON. A tall, powerful-looking fellow, named Thomas Puzey, aged 25, described as an engine -fitter, re• siding at 15, Walmer-street, New-road ; George Reeve, 26, of 27, Victoria•place, Bayswater, pastry cook; and. Ann Colley, a middle-aged woman, re siding at 33, Queen-street, Edgware-road, were placed at the bar of the Marylebone Police-court, the two male prisoners charged with assaulting a widow lady named Sarah Green, residing at No. 5, Fulham-place, Paddington, and carrying away a quantity of plate, and the female prisoner charged with being concerned with them in the commission of the same offence. On its becoming known that two men, notorious as perpetrators of plate robberies, were in custody upon this charge, the court and its avenues were crowded by persons eager to hear the proceedings in the case. In April, 1848, the prisoner Puzey was apprehended in the name of Jones, by Sergeant Dialler, cow inspector, for a robbery of plate to the value of £3,000, at Lord Foley's, in Grosvenor square, and for which, at the Sessions, ho was sen tenced to three years' penal servitude. Since he has been home he has been brought to the court for lead stealing at a brewery where he was at work. In the latter case he was acquitted. The prisoner Reeves has undergone four years' penal servitude in the name of Alfred Cotton for stealing upwards of £lOO worth of plate from Cleveland-square. The first witness called was Elizabeth Askew, who said—l am servant to Mrs. Sarah Green. About 9 o'clock on the night of the 24th of October I left my mistress's bedroom to go down into the kitchen and order the supper. I remained in the kitchen a short time, and after putting the supper on a tray I went upstairs. On opening the second floor door I saw two men. There was a light in the room.from the candle lamp. One of the men was leaning over my mistress, who was sitting in an armchair. The other man was by the side of the bed, at the secre taire. The man I mentioned first turned sud denly round when I went in, and then I noticed that he had a mask on. I heard him say, "If you scream I will murder you." I then turned round and screamed " Murder !" I threw the tray down stairs. I turned back and looked in at the door, and saw the tallest of the two men standing with his back to the fire, when he pulled his mask off. The two men after this rushed at me, knocked me down, and made their way out of the house. After they had gone I got up and went to my mis tress and spoke two or three words, and then went for a doctor, as she had had her head severely hurt, and blood was running from wounds she had re ceived. After I had fetched the doctor some police men came. Before the occurrence there were in the room 11 silver spoons, 11 silver forks, a silver ladle, a silver sugar sitter, and a silver butter knife, also a gold watch and chain. The silver plate was safe in the plate basket under the dressing table, and the watch and chain in the pocket at the head of the bed, shortly before I saw the men. In reply to questions put by the magistrate, she said,—When I went into the room and saw the two men I did not see any instrument in the hands of either. I did not hear any cry or anything that would lead me to think that any person was in the place, and I did not suspect that any person was in the house. 1 should think about 10 minutes elapsed from the time of my leaving my mistress's room and returning to it again. lam sure I was not down more than a quarter of an hour. I had been down before. I went down to order my mistress's supper. I stayed in the kitchen about 10 minutes. It was about 20 minutes to 9 when I went down first. - Mr. Yardley—You say you went down to order supper. To whom did you go to order it ? Is there another servant in the house ? Witness—Yes, sir ; there is the cook. Mr. Yardley—Have you ever seen any one else in the house ? Witness—There was another woman named Colley. She came to speak to the cook about a sitvation. I had only seen her there three times before, and each time she called to see the cook. I was in the kitchen when she came in. It was when I went down to order my mistress's supper. The cook let the woman in. I know of my own knowledge that when I went down stairs the doors were fastened. About a quarter of an hour elapsed between my going down from my mistress's room and returning to it again, and during that time both the cook and the woman were there. As I came down stairs I noticed that the doors of the different rooms were closed. Mr. Yardley—You say your mistress was on the second floor. Now, I ask you, have you drawers in your parlours and drawing-room ? Witness—Yes, there are, and they were locked. I cannot say whether there was any person in these rooms or not. Mr. Yardley—Can you describe the appearance of the two men ? Witness—They had masks on, but when the tall one stood with his back to the fire the mask came off. Mr. Yardley—Can you recognise either of the two prisoners as being the persons ? Witness—l cannot speak as to either. The man I saw had whiskers all round (the tallest prisoner had whiskers under the chin), and I think he would be taller than the tallest of the two prisoners. I cannot speak with certainty as to the tallest man. Ido not think he is the man. I was greatly frightened. Mr. Yardley—Did you hear the voice of one of these men ? Witness—l did; it was not his natural voice, but in a low tone. Mr. Yardley—Did you observe his hands, feet, or figure ? Witness—l did not, except that he was little taller and not so stout across the chest as the tallest prisoner. Mr. Yardley—You have been examined before and spoken to another man as being the person. Witness —I have, and felt quite certain then, and feel so now. John Holden, porter at the Warwick Hotel, cor ner of Fulham-place, Paddington, said—At I twenty minutes after nine o'clock on the night in question I was coming down Fulham-place, and when four or five doors off Mrs. Green's I crossed in a slanting direction to call at 27 oppo site, and while I was there I saw two men in con versation. The tall one then left the shorter one, and went back towards Mrs. Green's, and, as I be lieve, entered her gate. I waited, and the shorter one passed me twice or more. I did not take any particular notice of him, and left him there. After the tall one went in at the gate I lost sight of him. I went round into Park-place, about 100 yards, and then home. After I had been in about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour I heard from my mistress that there was an alarm of "Thieves !" and " Mur der !" Mr. Yardley—Can you identify either of the men that you saw as the prisoners ? Witness—l should like the shorter one to put his hat on. By his worship's order that was done, when the witness said—Reeve resembles the man. The taller person is only about the height of the other man. The shorter one had moustaches and a different coat. His countenance resembles the man's very much. He is about tho same in stature. I thought the shorter one had very small whiskers. (He was now close shaven.) Police-constable Alfred Fudge, 389 A, stated,-- , On the night of the robbery I was passing through Howley- place, close to Fulham-place, and saw three (men on the left hand side of the way coming from the Harrow-road, and thought I knew the face of one. I looked a second time, when the tallest of the three dropped his head and walked along side ways, which caused me to look a third time. I have the care of a house in Howley-place and went in and had tea, and changed my plain clothes for my uniform, and went out again, and at the foot of the bridge in Harrow-road I saw Puzey and two more men standing. Puzey was resting on the bridge. One that had a cap on looked across the road to me an said something, when Puzey turned and looked at me, and then turned again to the bridge. They were the same three men I had seen before. Puzey had full whiskers. Reeve also is one of the men. He had slight whiskers and a moustache. In reply. to questions from the magistrate, the witness said,—l am quite sure that these two men are the same that I saw on the bridge. When I went to Church•street station to go on duty 1 heard of the robbery and spoke about these two men. When the other men were in custody I would not speak positively as to them. I first saw these two men yesterday morning, and knew them againl . knew Puzey before this affair. I also knew his name, but co uld not recollect it at the time. I knew his name before he was sent away. Sergeant Potter, 2 D, deposed,—On the morning after the robbery and assault I went to 5, Fulham place, and examined the house, and found that the thieves must have gone direct from the street door to the room wl ere the robbery was committed. I also examinesilhe other rooms, in which a great amount of property was placed, but found that none ' had been touched. I then had the two servants in the room, but separately, and from what they said I went in bearch of the woman Colley, and found her at 33, Queen-street, Edgware-road. I told her I was a police-officer, and asked her if she was at 5, Fulham-place on the 23d (the night before the robbery). She was very much flurried. I told her before she spoke to consider what she was about to say. She then said at first that she could not re member, but after some hesitation on her part she said she was there. She said that the lady for whom she was ohm ing in Eastbourne-terrace ap plied to her the previous week to get her a servant, and she went to Mrs. Green's to see if Lucy was there, when the cook asked her downstairs. She could not say how long she stopped. I asked her whether, during the time she was there, she went out on an errand. She at first stoutly denied doing so, but upon being pressed she admitted that she went out for some gin. I then told her that I had been to the house of the lady in Eastbourne-terrace, and had ascertained that she had not required a servant, and never authorized her to get any. The prisoner then said, " 06, she will say any thing." She then stated that she went to No. 5, Fulham place the next night because she had heard of a situation in Berkshire. She went to tell the cook. She did not know whereabouts in Berkshire the situation was. She said she went out for some gin on this night, about 20 minutes after she got there, and left for good about half an hour later. Sophia Jackson said—l am cook to Mrs. Green. I know the woman Colley as being nurse to my mistress last winter. She was in the house on the night of the robbery. It was as near nine as could be when she came. She knocked at the rails, and I opened the door, and asked her down. Askew was down in the kitchen at the time. I closed the door after Colley came in, and am certain it was fast, as I always try it. Askew went up, and was absent some time, and then came down to order supper. Myself and Mrs. Colley had some gin that evening—half a quartern ; and we had some the previous evening, Colley proposed that we should have the gin. Askew had none of it. She went out for the gin after Askew had gone up to her mistress the first time. I did not leave the kitchen when she went out for the gin. She let herself out, and took the key to let herself in again, and when she got into the kitchen she said, " Mind, there is your key." - Soon after this I heard what I thought was the tray thrown down, and said, " Whatever is the matter ?" Sho (Colley) said, " Oh, don't worry yourself." I hastened as quickly as I could into the passage. The street door was wide open, and Colley said, " Mind, I am innocent ; I know nothing of this." In reply to the Magistrate, she said the exact words were, " Mind, lam innocent." I had said nothing about " Murder," nor yet " There is murder upstairs," as I did not know what was going on. I said, "Is this you ? There has never been any thing of this kind before." I wished her to go, as Mr. Waite had prohibited her the house. Mr. Waite is a friend of Mrs. Green's. When she first came she said, " Oh, all right-31r. Waite is not here." Inspector John Braddick, D division, said-1 received information of the . robbery and assault, with a description of the persons committing it, and, from a communication made to me by In spector Dafter, S division, I have, in conjunction with House, 97 D, been looking out for the two male prisoners ever since. About one o'clock on Sunday morning I went, in company of House and other officers, to 15, Walmer-street, and in the back room on the ground floor I saw the two male pri soners in bed. I said, " Tom and George, I want you for being concerned in entering the house, 5, Fulham- place, Paddington, and stealing a watch and other articles, also for assaulting the lady with intent to murder her." They made no remark, and I told them to put on their clothes and come with me. Puzey said, "All right, Mr. Braddick, I will go with you." They were then taken to the station. In reply to questions from the Bench, the Inspec tor said—When I saw Puzey on the Monday or Tuesday in the same week that this robbery took place he had full whiskers under his chin and on the side of his face. Reeve had a moustache and whiskers under the chin, and was dressed much better than he is now. He had a long coat on, and generally wore a Scotch cap. Puzey almost always wears a cap. I knew them both from their having been in custody before. In reply to Mr. Yardley, Sergeant Potter said Mrs. Green was not present. She was in very bad health, and had no recollection of the appearance of the persons assaulting her. Askew added that she is 70 years of age, and has not left her room for 12 months. Mr. Yardley—lf there is any chance of her being able to identify the parties, it is very essential that she should do so. It is essential to justice, and it is right that we should have the right parties, for I have noticed that when persons are in custody on a charge, whether they are the right parties or not, the police suspend their oporationQ, and by so doing very often lose the right ones. This is a most daring and almost unheard-of robbery and outrage, and one that is likely to make everybody feel inse cure in their own homes. The evidence against the woman rests on more than mere suspicion. I should like to have some corroborative evidence about the identity of the male prisoners, and with that view, and in order to raise the vigilance of the persons having the case in hand, and to stimulate their zeal, I shall only order the remand till Wednesday (to-morrow). ALPACAS FOR 7liE GREAT EXRI- BITION. -,..-- A great deal of public attention has been directed to the alpacas during the past month in consequence of the preparations that are being made for exhi biting at the forthcoming Great Exhibition speci mens of Mr. Ledger's flock. The immediate object of sending these specimens is to illustrate, in the most convincing manner, the successful cross-breeding that Mr. Ledger has been conducting between two very distinct animals—the alpaca and the llama. The stuffed specimens will represent the pure alpaca and the pure llama, and the four stages of breeding—the last cross having all the characteris tics of the pure alpaca. No small amount of spurious pity has been indulged in at the destruction of these animals, which it was affirmed were toa valuable to be consigned to such a fate; but Mr. Ledger, who, more than any other person, is interested in main taining the completeness of the flock, has distinctly stated that the removal of these animals will not palpably deteriorate the flock, as they were of no use to breed from ; but that, even if any loss were incurred, it would still be desirable to exhibit a re sult of which the most emieent naturalists have de nied the possibility—the production of the pure alpaca from the crossing of the alpaca and the llama ; and also to show to English manufacturers a sample of the wool which in a few years will doubtless constitute one of the principal sources of our national wealth. The interest which the public have lately taken in the alpaca consisted, however, not so much in the prospective value of the pro• duce, as in the circumstance that upon the slaugh tering of the selected animals their flesh was distri buted among the principal hotels and clubs in Sydney, the public availing themselves very readily of the opportutity of tasting the alpaca meat which was unanimously pronounced to be very tender and savoury. The seven alpacas selected for ex hibition were, on being brought up from Arthursleigh, taken to Sophienburg, near Liver pool, where the flock were for some months depastured previous to their being taken up the country. Before any of them were slaughtered the Governor and Lady Young proceeded there to in spect them, and manifested much interest in the alpaca enterprise. On a subsequent day (two of the animals having in the meantime been killed) a party of ladies and gentlemen, among whom were three of the Ministers and several members of the Assembly, were invited by Mr. Atkinson to spend the day at Sophienburg for the purpose. of seeing the colonial alpacas prior to their being handed over to the butcher, and also of tasting the alpaca meat, several dishes of which were served up at the entertainment. In the course of the c onvivialities which followed, Mr. Ledger, in acknowledging the toast of the day, alluded to the circumstance of the Peruvian Government having at length made a concession to a large mercantile firm for the expor tation of any number of alpacas they liked—a con summation which, if nothing else had been attained by his exertions, would be the means of importing the animals into these colonies; he also stated that the condition of the animals he had selected for exhibition amply justified all his expecations, being in respect both to their fleeces and to their fat, supe rior to any that Peru had ever produced. Of the seven alpacas brought by Mr. Ledger from Arthur sleigh, one died on the way ; four have been killed, and are being stuffed, and the other two will shortly be killed in order to be ready for the local exhibition of articles to be forwarded to London. The following are the particulars of the animals that have been slaughtered : —Female llama, age five years, weight of carcase 2901 b. ; wether, first cross, age two years and six months, weight of cal case, 1601 b. ; wether, second cross, age one year and five months, weight of carcase, 1391 b. ; wether, third cross, age one year and three months, weight of carcase, 1261 b. The surviving animals are a pure alpaca and a wether of the fourth cross. The stuffing is progressing favourably. It is Mr. Ledger's intention to shear the flock in Nov., after the land ing. Promise is given of a very good clip.—Syd nog Morning Herald, Sept. 21. Mr. Ledger writes in a private letter :—" The extracts from Sydney papers will show you the eminent success of the _ , ' alpaca dinner' at Sophiedburg, the sat of Pie J . 11. Atkinson, ALL A., on RI. turday, the 7th of Sept., at which there were over 300 visitors. All were de lighted with the alpaca soup, cutlets, and roast. I often thought of Dr. Buckland 's famous Eland din ner, and wished for his and Pro. res so r O w en ' s pre sence. You can form no idea of the euthusiasm in Sydney. I had more than 100 Applications for meat, each_ accompanied by an order to .deliver from the Colonial Secretary. Th- cafes tl af got some ad vertised their good luck and were crowded. They charged ss, for a slice, and must have made a good harvest of the celebrated alpaca feed?? THE INTERIOR OF Aus2R4ar.d. (From the Melbourne eirgus.) The mail we send home will tell European savans that the Australian continent has been at last vir ually - crossed.. And not less interesting and imp. rtant, we send by it con firmation of the news of fertile regions in that vast interior,. heretofore regarded as mere desert, and a repetition of the surmise as to the existence of a gold country in those re mote wildernesses. The second expedition of Stuart has resulted in his approach to within 90 miles of the north. coast. When thus almost in sight of his goal, he was com pelled to turn back. The obstacle on the previous occasion was the hostility of the natives ; on tho present it is stated to have been want of provisions. Though thus, on the very eve of its acCemplishment, so tantalisingly shorn of perfect completion, the attempt to find a route across the continent has been at last practically successful. In the prior undertaking, the fu."thest point reached was 18 deg. 45 min. S. lat. and 134 deg. E. long. In the one before us now, the point arrived at is 17 deg. S. lat. and 133 deg. E. long.—overlapping Gregory's track in 1851. In his jour ney then from the north-west coast, Gregory was in 18 deg.. lat. and 130 deg. long; so that Stuart, when on each expe dition he was obliged to finally halt, had alre-dy sur mounted the terra incognita, and was in immediate parallel to an explored track, It is reported that the South Aus tralian Government are about to send the.ir bold bushmen round by sea to formally finish his enterprise, by linking his discovery with the seaboard. The first tidings of the fate of our less fortunate Victorian expedition reached Mel bourne last week. A native black arrived on the South. Australian frontier with intelligence of two white mei/ on. the Barcoo (the river of which Cooper's Creek and Mitchell's Victoria are only sections), whom, naked and bereft of 710, cessaries of every kind, he described as supporting them selves by fishing with a net made of grass. There was stilt opportunity to communicate with the party which had left Adelaide to assist in the search for the missing, and it is ex pected that ere this they have reached the locality indicated. We are now made aware that the desert which lay in the way of the Victorian party—the most extensive and formidable on the continent—which commences a few days' march be yond Cooper's Creek, and is believed, from previous efforts at exploratiou, to reach to the vicinity of the Carpentarian. Gulf, does not continue westward to the route just opened. The peculiar features of that desert, as described by Stuart, are not mentioned in the description of those encountered by the Adelaide adventurers. Stuart met and traversed belts of desert so arid and sterile, that the sufferings of men and horses were terrible, and they were repeatedly at death's door. They were so fortunate as to find the reaches. of waterless wilderness alternated by broad belts of habit able country, or else the horse would necessarily have failed to carry the explorer, as he has done, across the continent. But it was the region which is the locale, of our Victorian expedition that Stuart essayed in vain, penetrated as far as lat. 25 deg. 50 min., long. 139 deg. 20 min., and then turned back from in despair. This is the Sahara in which Leichardt perished, and which Gregory found impracticable at all points in his journey along its border from Queensland to, Lake Torrens. One of the most valuable results of Stuart's discovery is the tidings of the limit of this luceless coun try to the westward, and that it does not occupy the entire centre of the continent as was once generally supposed. Stuart is reported to speak enthusiastically of the capabi lities of much of the territory he has laid open. And if, as suspected, some of it should prove auriferous, the peopling of our interior is certain to advance even more rapidly than has been the case with the American inland, affording thereby a new field for the mercantile enter prise of the seaboard cities. In any wise, a colony on. the north coast is sure soon to arise. The English demand for cotton, the praCticability of overland communication with Melbourne and Adelaide, and the prospects of trade with the opposite shores and islands of Asia, are certain ere long to plant flourishing settle ments on the fertile plains of what is now known as Arn heim's land, and around the coast of Carpentaria, where the fringe of good soil is said t, be at least 200 or 300 miles wide. Manchester is urgent of new producers of her staple, and, with regard to the future of our trade with Asia, which plantation on the north coast will of course accelerate, the two continents seem especially formed for mutual commerce and benefit. The corn and wool, the gold and copper, the wines and horses of Australia, are precisely the articles most needed in India, China, and the Archipelago islands ; while the tea, coffee, sugar, drugs, spices, and an infinity of other products of those countries are prime requirements of • the Australian market. With such incentives from England and from India to colonisation and progress here, there can be no doubt that in a few brief years the centre of our con tinent will be as open as the coast districts ; that the rail way whistle will resound along the route just unravelled by Otuatt and that the camel caravan will regularly pur sue its journey through that hideous Sahara which now hides the fate of Leichardt and still enshrouds the enter ,rise of Burke. COUNTRY MARKETS. ►~~--- GLOUCESTER—Nov. 16. A moderate supply of English wheat, which met a fair demand, at no reduction upon last week's prices. Foreign demand only in retail. Oatsa very dull trade, and in some instances rather cheaper. In barley and beans no change in price. COLCHESTER—Nov. 16. A small supply of wheat, which brought prices rather in favour of the buyer. Trade slow. Barley, fine samples nearly maintain the rates of last week ; middling descrip tions is per quarter cheaper. Beans and peas in limited supply; p ices as before. Wheat, white ~.54s 68s Beans, Mazagan..36s 40$ red ..46s 64s middle & small.4os 44s Barley Oats CHELMSFORD—Nov. 16. A fair supply of wheat to-day, the best samples of which receded is from last week's prices, with a meagre trade. Spring corn of all kinds (except peas) dull, with a middling business. Wheat, old white 30s Ms new 50s 60s old red 31s 52s new 55s 63s Barley 28s 39s Chevalier ..295• 403 Grinding ..25s 34s Malt. 6ls 67s Chevalier 64s 69s Oats 23s 303 _Peas, Partridge 37s 41s White 39s 45s Boiling .. 41s 47s Dun 36s 40s Ditto new .. —s —s Beans, Tick, old 3Bs 44s new —s —s Harrow Ticks 4os 46s new —s —s Mazagan... ...... 36 38s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Nov. 16. We had fair supplies of grain to -day. Sales slow. Wheat the same in value. Oats la lower than last mar ket day. Fine barley brought late rates, and secondary chevalier is lower. - Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ....46s Od 27s Od 22s Od Second ..58s Od 35s Od 28s Od Third....6ss Od 37s Od 30s Od COAL MARK (niece of Coal per Ton at ET—Nov. 18. the olose of the market s. d. West Hartley 16 9 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Carr's Hqrtley 16 9 Seaton Hartley. 15 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley Lambert's West Hart- _ _ Walls End. s. d. South Kelloe. 19 9 Keiper Grange.... ..18 6 Hetton .. 2O 0 Kelloe Acorn Close ..19 3 Eden 19 3 South 'Whitworth 15 6 Riddell Whitworth l5 6 Trimdon Hartlepool l9 6 Hunwick 15 6 Heugh Hall 19 3 Brl:ddyll's Hetton 19 3 Thorpe . . —.lB 9 Peases West .15 0 Shincliffe 18 0 39 ; soli. 31. ley... l6 3 Groy'sWest llartley 16 0 Walls End. Haswell 2O 0 South Il ar tlopool 18 9 Cassop 19 9 17 9 Harton Ships at market BIRTHS. GARDNEII.—On the 16th inst., at Shoeburyness, the wife of Colonel W. B. Gardner, Royal Artillery, of a daugh ter. HOTHAM.—On the 17th inst., at the British Consulate, Calais, the wife of Beaumont Hotham, Esq., H.B.M.'s Consul, of a daughter. IlowE.—On the 17th inst., at Pimlico, the wife of Edward R. J. Howe, of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, of a daughter. WILLIAms.—On the sth ult., at Madras, the wife of Dering Williams, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. MAZINI—WEITE.—On the 14th inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, V. C. Mazini, Esq., of Brescia, to Linda Mary, the eldest daughter of James White, Esq., M.P. HUNT—RAINS. —On the 16th inst., at St. Oswald's, Dur ham, Alfred Hunt, M.A., to Margaret, second daughter of the late Rev. James Mine, D.C.L., of Crook Hall, Durham. DEATHS. BARTLETT.—On the 17th inst., at Marnwood, Shropshire, the Rev. John Bartlett, aged 67. CIF,MENT.—On the 16th inst., at his residence, Meaburn. Lodge, Clapham-park, George William Clement, E. , 3q., of 170, Strand. HANcocK.—On tho 17th inst., at Spring -lawn, Grove road, Southsea, Elizabeth, widow of Rear admiral John Hancock, C.B. ROWLES.—On the 16th inst , at Boulogne- sur-Mer, Byrom George Bowles, Esq., Lieut. R.N. SCHOEDDE —On the 14th inst., at Lyndhurst, Hants, Lieut.-General Sir James Liolmes Schoedde, K.C.8., aged 75. SIIEPPAR.D.—On the 16th inst., ac Little Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Edmund Sheppard, ed 75. - - Pr i n ted and rublished by MURDO YOUNG , o f L ° Dr 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112. Strand , in the Preetnet of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Tutoclan November lg, 1801.