The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-18 00:00:00

TILE NAVY. Th' s Coquette, 4, screw, having Ind completed a wen' • ex t e nsive repair to hull and machinery, more • i es pecially the former, steamed out of Portsmouth %Aarbour on Friday to test boilers and machinery. At the conclusion of the trial she returned into liarbour and berthed alongside the north part of the yard, where she took in her waist anchors, and will commence receiving her stores from the steam reserve. The defects of the screw 'steamships Conqueror, 101, Capt. Edward S. Sotheby, C.B. ; Hero, 91 Capt. Ryder, and Centurion, 80, Capt. H. Rogers, at Plymouth, have been made good. The screw steam gunvessel Penguin, 5, tender to the screw steam frigate Narcissus, 51, Capt. Risli, in Hamoaze, is nearly manned. The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Com mander Jackson, having embarked supernumeraries from the reserve depot ship Royal Adelaide, 104, Capt. William K. Hall, C. 8., and volunteers for the Princess Royal, 91, left Plymouth on Saturday for Portsmouth. The Dart, 5, and the Sparrow, 5, screw despatch gun vessels, each of 80-horse power, have arrived at Chatham from Woolwich, under their own steam, and joined the steam reserve ordinary under the command of Capt. C. F. Schomberg. The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded Mr. T. Dainea and Mr. T. Coast, for many years inspec tors of the old dockyard police force at Chatham, the former a pension of Z 56 135., and the latter £55 per annum. The police - constables who be longed to the dockyard police on the occasion of its being broken upAnd the A division of the metropo litan police placed on duty at the dockyard have been awarded pensions varying in amount from £lO to £32 per annum, according to their length of service. Those police-constables whose term of service was insufficient to entitle them to a pension have been awarded gratuities of from £lO to £4O. The Lords of the Admiralty have decided on making several improvements at Chatham Dock yard, for which purpose the sum of £35,000 has been taken in the estimates, in addition to the large aLIII previously voted by Parliament. Of this sum 115,000 will be expended in the extension and im- provement of the yard by means of convict labour alone ; £13,000 for the erection of new machinery; £2,000 for the improvement of the harbour; £l,OOO for a new caisson for the entrance to No. 2 Dock, in which the iron-plated screw steamer is to be built ; besides other sums for the embankment of the Medway, the erection of an additional iron foundry, the erection of a leck•up at the police station, and other works. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—The Rev. John H. Knapp, chaplain and naval instructor to the Princess Royal; the Rev. John L. Moore, chaplain and naval in structor to the London; John Flintoff, Wm. H. Keats, and James Petts, acting 3d-class assist.- engineers to the Asia, as supernumeraries ; and James Bradley, acting assist.-surg., additional, to the Nile. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at one o'clock on Thursday next, the 21st inst. The 'iron screw steam troopship Megmra, 6, Commander Tr, Henderson, which left Woolwich in January with the Ist Brigade of Royal Artil lery, and touched at Plymouth on the 28th, ar rived at Gibraltar on the sth inst., and having disembarked her troops, embarked the Fifth Bri gade and sailed therefrom on the 12th. She made the passage home in 4 days 16 hours, having arrived at Plymouth yesterday (Sunday) morning, and has brought 342 non-commissioned officers and men, 26 women, and 55 children, 11 officers, and eight families, The officers are Lieut.-Col. Evan Maberly, Capt. Charles R. Hill, Second Capt. F. 1 1 3. Maude, Second Capt. Pilkington Jaekson, tieuts. C. G. Lnard, N. A. Douglas de Vismes, G. E. Callender, C. Crossthwait,e, C. H. S. Paisley, and W. 11. Wright, and 3 argeou F. H. Fasson, who are under orders to land for service in Plymouth Citadel. The Megrera has experienced very heavy weather from West and south-west, and on the 14th, in lat. 4023 N., long. 10.33, passed a Prus sian barque showing the first distinguishing pendant 284, bound for Liverpool. The Megmra will embark from Plymouth garrison, for convey ance to Woolwich, about 350 non-commissioned officers and men, including 15 drivers, belonging to the Royal Artillery, for some time stationed there. They compose the batteries Nos. 3,4, and 5, and are commanded by the following officers :—Major Adige, Major Williams, Capt. Purcell, Lieuts. Cameron, Cooke, Stewart, Lewis, and Thompson, Burg. O'Leary is the medical officer in charge. The Himalaya screw troopship, Captain John Seccombe, embarked the batteries of the 15th bri. gade Royal Artillery, under command of Colonel Francklyn, C. 8., at Portsmouth on Friday, sailing for Pembroke at 10 . 35 a.m. on Saturday. Captain Bolton, embarked, vice Johnston, ordered to join the 10th brigade. The Bulldog, - 6, paddle, Commander Henry M`Killop, embarks a portion of the 15th brigade Royal Artillery at Portsmouth to-day, for convey ance to Queenstown. In compliance with an application forwarded to the Chelsea Board by Hugh Davis, late a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and who, in addition to his pension for wounds, is honoured with an annual bounty of £2G from her Majesty's privy purse, a circular to the following effect was on Saturday re ceived at Woolwich by Major-Gun. Sir R. Dacres, X.C.8., Commandant, from the Adjutant-General's office at the Horse Guards, by special recommenda tion of H.R.H. the General Commanding-in-Chief: —" Hugh Davis has been granted an additional 6d. per day pension on account of his wounds. This man performed very gallant services with the two 18 -pounder batteries at the battle of Inkerman, on which occasion, although severely wounded, he re mained at his duty with his gun until a round shot from the enemy deprived him of both his arms as h e was in the fCt of sponging the gun. He is now • employed as a foreman of labourers in the Royal Arsenal, Wool wie-h, at a guinea per week." An equipment of Armstrong guns, &c., for No. 3 held battery, Bth brigade, having been completed, will be drawn from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on the 22d inst., and conducted to Croydon by the 4th, where it will be received by the officers, non commissioned officers, and men of the battery for which it is intended. The Armstrong equipment prepared for No. 7 battery of the same brigade will also leave Woolwich on the 22d, instead of the 20th inst.ois formerly directed. Deputy Assist.-Commissary•General E. L. Ward is abont-6 be relieved at the camp at Colchester by Deputy Assist-Commissary-General J. H. Tubby, formerly . of Newfoundland. Mr. Ward has received a similar appointraent at Guernsey. On Saturday a small draught of troops from the 10th battalion left the campfor Landguard Fort, Harwich, to re place a party who returned to Colchester. Many of the men belonging to the Durham ' Militia. Artillery, at Devonport, which will shortly be disbanded, have volunteered into the Royal Ar, tillery in Plymouth. The work; for the extension of the Cambridge backs at Portsmouth have been commenced, and a e 4 Orting to the terms of the contract are to be pleted within. 12 months, the cost not exceeding 16 .°°0. By the alteration a superficial area of 18,000 feet will - be added to the barracks. jThe name of Mr. H. F. Gaimes, who has just oined the he ad - quarters of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, from Addiscombe, was accidentally printed in our impression of the 15th Mr. H. T. 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The report of the directors to be presented at the half-yearly general meeting of proprietors on Tees • day next states That the total revenue amounts to £54,030 Is. Bd., and the total expenditure to £18,731 1 le. 6d. ; leaving a net profit of £35,298 10s. 2d. Oat of this sum £7,589 13s Bd. is required for interest, and the balance, £27,708 16s. 6d. is available for dividend, which enables the directors to recommend the payment of a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of £4 per cent. per annum upon the consolidated stock of the company. The prevalence of wet 'weather has been prejudicial to the growth of the passenger traffic, and a longer time than was anticipated having been required to complete the works in progress for extended accommodation for goods traffic referred to in the last report, no additional revenue has been derived from that source during the half-year. The Great Northern Railway Company are in possession of their new stations at Blackwall,* adjoining the East and West India Docks, and the station at the Minorics, hitherto used by the Great Northern Railway Company and the lessees of the Victoria Docks jointly, has been surrendered to the former company, the business of the lessees having been transferred to their new station, on the north side of the line, adjoining the bonded warehouses.. The premises at Blackwall, formerly used as workshops, have been given over to the Midland Railway Company, and the Clay Cross Company are in the occupation of their enlarged coal depot at Shad well. Additional rents and interest will from this time be derived from these arrangements ; and the directors have every confidence that their expecta tions of increased traffic in goods will be realised to a considerable extent in the course of the pre- sent year. Two new locomotive engines, of a more powerful description than those required for the company's passenger trains, have been provided for the goods' traffic of the Great Northern and Midland Railways, and the cost has been charged to capi tal. In pursuance of the resolutions passed at last meeting the shares in the new capital of £300,000 were offered to the proprietors, and 24,154 shares, representing £157,001 of the capital, have been up. In consequence of the depression in the value of the capital stock below the relative price at which the new shares were issued, the directors have not attempted to dispose of the remainder of those shares, and inasmuch as the capital subscribed is sufficient to execute the greater part of the works proposed, according to the estimates given in the last report, the directors are of opinion that it will be desirable to wait for a more favourable oppor tunity to place the unissued shares, and in the meantime to arrange with the bankers to defer the repayment of their loan. If, however, it should be found necessary to issue the other shares at a less price than £6 10s. each, the directors consider that the proprietors who have taken shares at £6 108. should be placed in the same position as those who may take the shares at a reduced price. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum has accrued upon the deposit of £1 10s, per share, paid on the new shares in Sept. last, and it will be divided amongst the holders of those shares. EASTERN COUNTIES. The report of the directors to the half-yearly meeting, on Thursday next, has been issued. " The revenue account for the half-year exhibits a decrease of £7,203 14s 2d ; the receipts being £690,104 13s Bd, as against £697,308 7s 10d for the correspond ing period of 1859. The exceptional state of the weather during the autumn and winter months, and the deficiency of the harvest, have exercised a prejudicial effect on the traffic, which your directors however, see no reason to doubt will pass away with the came. The expenditure on the capital account this half-year in respect of new works and increased accommodation to stations amounts to £4,244 10s. 6d. A sum of £lO,lll 12s. has also been charged on account of the permanent im provement of bridges, which have been renewed substantially with brick, iron, and earthwork, in stead of timber with which perishable material they were originally constructed. A further sum of £39,753 6s. ld. has been charged for new plant added to the rolling stock of the company consisting principally of passenger carriages, goods wagons, and break vans. The result of the undertaking as regards the Eastern Coun ties Company is, that there is a net sum appli cable as revenue (after deducting the working ex penses, which amount to £349,975 10s. 11d.) as will be seen by reference to revenue account B, of £219,338 lls. 7d. • less interest on guarantees and loans, £146,20 2 ss, ; balance, £73,136 6s. 7d. ; add sum carried over after paying Juno dividend, 1860, £5,758 lls. 2d. £78,894 17s. 9d. ; deduct on account of deferred permanent way account, as per statement, page 13, £4,000; leaving £74,894 17s. 9d. available for dividend, out of which the directors have declared a dividend of £1 3s. 9d. for the half-year, being after the rate of £2 7s. 6d. per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital of the company, which will absorb £69,274 16s. 9d., leaving a balance of £5,620 ls. to be carried for ward to the succeeding half-year. The working expenses for the half-year are £49 13s. per cent., as against £35 17s. 6d. per cent. for the correspond ing period of 185 t. The permanent way and works continue to be maintained in an efficient manner. The expenditure on this account has, during the last half-year been £100,281 3s. 11d., being an increase of £41,874 Bs. over the cor responding period of 1859. The sum which has been debited to revenue account is £69,552 35.:11d, as against £58,406 15s. 11d., being an increase of £11,145 for this half year. The balance of £30,729 (less £4,000 debited to revenue, leaving £26,729) has been placed at the debit of the deferred perma nent way renewal account, your directors consider ing that so large an increase of ex p en dit ure —d ue to the renewal and relaying of 50 miles of railway with new sleepers—should not all be charged to the revenue account of one half-year, but be spread over a longer period. Much care and attention is given to maintain the efficiency of the locomotive department, which is steadily improving. The directors refer to their remarks under the Parlia mentary head in their last report. Their appre hensions as to further aggressive attacks upon the traffic of this company have,they say,unfortunately been fully realised. They refer particularly to the scheme for a direct line to Bury St. Edmunds by way of Barking, on the London and Til bury line ; to the scheme for a line from Bury to Thetford, from thence to Swaffham, to join the East Anglian Railway, and from King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge, to join the Norwich and Spalding Railway, and thereby to effect a junction with the Great Northern Railway at Spald ing; to the scheme for connecting the Bedford and Cambridge line, for which the act was obtained in the last session, by a junction with the Colne Valley Railway at Haverhill, and for making a branch from Haverhill to Clare, to join the Sudbury and Clare Railway, and also to extend their railway into Colchester. The directors, in their last report, intimated that it had become necessary to take measures for preventing the spread of this aggres sive system, by promoting the formation of such lines as might appear to be really required for the reasonable convenience of the district, and they have followed up this suggestion by introducing in the present session of Parliament a bill for extend ing the existing railway at Sudbury to Bury St. Edmunds and Cambridge; and they have also consented to assist in the formation of a line from Bishop's Stortford to Braintree, by sub scribing to the extent of one-third of the required capital of one hundred and twenty thousand Pounds ; and they have also agreed to assist the completion of the Ware, Hadham, and Bunt ingford Railway, by subscribing an amount Rot exceeding t wenty-two thousand P min 4 s. o The directors a re of opini on that the ae - - : onamdatien which will b e a ff orded. by lines supported by this comp any ;so projected and ru the districts through syrnj abundantly supply trust to be able to SP'. -itch they pass, and they tile lines ought r ot i t o b lal Y Parliament that the hos determined that s the bill f or th e pro anctioned. The Board o Trade have posed anr,:igateation sh ou ld be first prepared and su brat ted to the other companies, and that then any pv:inte of difference will bo determined by that board. The draft bill is now before counsel, and the directors fully hope to be in a position to intro duce it in Parliament for the next session. The directors regret that the differences with the Nor folk and Eastern Union Companies remain un settled--a lengthened correspondence in reference to the new hostile lines projected in the district has taken place between the chairmen of the re spective companies, the greater part of which has appeared in the public prints. In reference to the pending suits in chancery, the directors regret that little progress has been made in consequence of the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies not having put in their answer to the bill filed by this company. The answer of the directors of this com pany to the original bill was filed so long ago as the 15th Dec., 1859. The cross bill was filed on the 22d Feb., 1860, and the putting in of the answer has from time to time been delayed on various pre tences, and no final decision can in consequence be arrived at. The directors cannot conclude without pointing out the extraordinary circumstances which have affected the results of the undertaking during the present half year. This is to be attributed to causes which have been already referred to, and have operated adversely in a district of country which is,almost wholly agricultural. At the same time it is advisable to state that at no period has ithis:property been in a sounder condition," THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EvENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1861. SYMPTO2IIB OF A GALE. The folloNving letter appeared in the Times r,—A letter in the l imes this day from Mr. Sackson, of Hartlepool, not only requires some re marks from me (as the meteorological officer aeting Under authority of the &ant of Trade), but iilaY be ussed as a peg on which to hang a few sentences of practical information about a frequently misun derstood fact—the rising of a barometer before and during a northerly north-west to tiotth-easterly) gale. - Mr, Jackson says that the barometer had been "low with south-west winds; on Friday morning began to rise, and continued rising, With a decreas ing temperature, Friday, Saturday. and Sunday, from 24 hours before the gale to 24 hours after." And if he had read the sixpenny Barometer Manual published yearly since 1856, and circulated gratis in many directions, especially among the fishermen around Great Britain and Ireland, he would have known that these very signs, after an unusually low barometer, and southerly wind, indicated strong northerly gales. In the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 6, the barometers (two Kew verified) at Naitn were at 28.66. At Pentance, only four days pre viously, other two similar ones were at 30.80. Prom the Ist to the 7th of February—a whole week—the barometer not only continued falling, or oscillated (always a bad sign), over all the British islands, but it fell remarkably low at some places. On Tuesday night, the sth, it blew " a tremen dous gale from the south-west" at Queenstown. At Dover the wind, early on the 6th, was reported at 10, in force, from the south-west. In South-Kent it was called " a hurricane," and at sea, southward of Ireland, vessels had a " south-wester" in full violence. Wednesday and Thursday were quiet, com paratively, here ; not so within a few hun dred miles—at Marseilles and elsewhere, per haps including the Black Sea ; but on Friday the foretold northerly gale began to blow, and as it restored the level or equilibrium of the atmosphere, of course it raised the barometer. Some observations in the Shipping Gazette of the 14th inst. induced me to write a letter to the edi tor, in which was the following passage : " The barometer began to rise just before the gale set in from the northward, rising more rapidly as it blew stronger. And why ? Because the polar current of wind was rushing, as a fluid current, to wards the place of low barometer, where a compa rative deficiency bad existed, which it not only filled up, but, having once acquired impetus, or mementum, filled up to a height exceeding that which is usual, or normal, at the sea level—namely, about 30 inches. The previous fall of the barome ter, with unusually high temperature, expressed, as plainly as words, ' southerly wind, with rain.' (Southerly including south-east to south-westerly.) That wind, though it blew hard, did not restore the level (or equilibrium) of the atmosphere, and there fore, till the polar current approached, the glass continued to fall, or oscillated, while low. Directly the northerly wind's approach was felt the baro meter began to rise, the thermometer was already falling, and both thus moved for a time in opposite directions, one rising for the direction of the wind, while the other fell for its temperature." The great practical difficulty in using a barome ter is avoiding the natural inclination to draw con clusions hastily—without thinking enough of its foretelling properties—so often insisted on in the Board of Trade Manual, and rather more explana tory pamphlet the Barometer Guide. The main currents of atmosphere, polar and tropi cal, taking them on a large scale, advance along the earth's surface side by side in nearly opposite directions, more or less superposed, or conflicting in every kind of combination, and turning each other in all varieties of eddies (cyclones), though though usually one way. While advancing northward or southward they move also laterally, like a ship making leew a y, towards the east, their elasticity, fluid properties, and different temperatures (solar influence and elec tricity, of course, the main springs) occasioning all the varieties of weather, all the alternations and degree of vapour, fog, rain, snow, hail, and cloud that we experience. The gales of the sth, Bth, and 9th of this month were two cyclonic combinations. One cyclone, of which the centrical area bore north-westward from Nairn, in Scotland, was of a large extent and slow motion. Its southern half was checked and temporarily overborne by another advancing rapidly from the southwestward, which combined with and aug• mented the strength of the polar current that on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (10th) swept across the North Sea, Western Europe, and beyond the west of Ireland, much further and wider than the extent of the Royal Charter storm. Widely extenaea ana very general Irregularities of the atmosphere (such as were shown by instru ments before the Royal Charter, the Whitsuntide, the St. Kilda, and other storms) are easily noticed, and are certain to be followed by more or less strength of wind, although not in all, or even in many places, because currents of wind, like those of water, circulate, intermix, or follow one another, moving swiftly in some breadths, slowly in others, scarcely at all in cr near their respective centres of circulation. Hence some places escape the violence of a storm, while others, even near them, feel its full fury. Elaborate and complicated as may be the scien tific researches of meteorology, the practical use of its results is happily most simple and availably open to any one who will read brief instructions, notice ordinary - weather glasses, and observe the changes in the heavens. London, Feb. 16. ROBERT FITAROY. EXCURSION THROUGH JAPAN. We extract from the correspondence of General de Montauban, to the Minister of War, the follow ing account of an excursion lately made by him to parts of Japan, and which contains some curious details " On leaving Tientsin the 22d November, I went direct to Chefu, and visited the garrison. I there found everything in good order, and very well organised. The weather was extremely cold, and the surrounding mountains were covered with snow. Being within two days' distance from Nangasaki, and the weather being fine, I re solved to pay a visit to that important port, not being able to go in an official character to jeddo. In order to reach the magnificent roadstead of Nangasaki, we had to cross a Bosphorus quite as rich as of Constantinople. The two banks are lined with forts and defended by batteries, the guns of which are roofed over; the mountains, which rise like an amphitheatre on either side, are covered, with trees, and gardens are formed on terraces one above another, built up with stone walls. The roadstead is excellent, and forms a large basin, having on the western side the town, and on the eastern different manufacturing establishments, one of which belongs to the Russians. The town from the sea presents rather a gloomy appearance ; the houses are built of wood, and most of them are only ono storey high, but on reaching the inte rior of it, the greatest cleanliness is observ able, the streets are wide, and the houses built in a regular manner. The men are in general small in stature, but vigorous ; those of a certain class aro well dressed and wear two weapons, one like an ordinary sabre and the other like a poignard, both being handsome of their kind. The lower orders when working are almost in a complete state of nudity. The women are a;:o small in size, and, contrary to the habits of the Chinese, allow . them selves to be seen in the streets as well as Lieu houses. The young girls, some of whom are very pretty, show no fear of foreigners, and willingly enter into conversation with those who speak their language. When they marry they are obliged to redden their lips and blacken their teeth, which gives them a frightful appearance, and is the more to be regretted, that, so long as they remain unmarried, they almost all have fine white teeth. The inhabitants of Nangasaki are mild in their manners, but possess a certain finesse peculiar to the Southern nations of the East. They are well behaved, and polite even to obsequiousness, and are very industrious. There is at Nangasaki a class of beggars who cannot follow any other calling, and have their occupation handed down from father to son. Their dress is clean, and their heads are covered with a large hat, the brim of which falls down over their eyes. Both dress and hat are white, and they pass their time in wandering about, stopping at every door, an nouncing their presence by striking a small iron rod on an instrument of metal. It is rare that the occupant of the house does not give them some trifle. Everything in the town goes on in the most perfect order, and I think it must be the same in all the other towns in Japan. The police of the place is carried on by Jaconmines, who are called officers, for every Government official has a mili tary rank, and wears the double sabre in use in the country. Those officers, though very polite, are inflexible in the performance of their duties. Their life is the penalty for the slightest infraction of their duty. The bonzes, contrary to what is the case in China, appear to be very powerful, and are moreover well educated. Their dress, which is all composed of silk and crape, with a kind of gilded shoes, is exceedingly rich, and bears some analogy to that of the French bishops when they officiate on grand occasions. French commerce is represented at Nangasaki by only two merchants; the Dutch and the Russians have made greater progress in- that respect in Japan than any other Powers. Fish, game, vegetables, and fruit, are abundant and cheap at Nangasaki but beef and mutton are scarce. The climate is mild ; snow is never seen, but there is a considerable quantity of rain during the winter months. After a stay of four days at Nangasaki, I attempted to go to Ozaka.. No foreigner had ever yet penetrated into that town, and the accounts given of the Inner Sea were marvellous. All, however, that had been said of the beauties of the country through which this sea runs, are far below the truth. I doubt whether it be possible to find anything more beautiful or more curious. From Nangasaki to Ozaka we passed in succession through five or six lakes like that of Geneva, bordered by moun tains of the most verdant aspect, with trees of pro digious height and size, some covered with green foliage, and others with flowers of every colour. At the foot of these mountains are an uninterrupted aupposainn of towns and villazes, and ports filled with junks of every form. The inner sea is covered with trading junks and fishing boats, fish being the principal food of the inhabitants. The houses are surrounded with gardens planted with orange and apple trees, pine apples, &c. After proceeding for three days at a rate of about 10 or 12 knots an hour (we only moved in the daytime) we arrived before Ozaka, but only in the outer road stead on account of the shallowness of the water. I made an application to the Governor for per mission for some French officers to visit the town, but did not make myself known. The Governor was in the country, but I received for answer that an express should be sent to him. On the following day four Japanese officers came on board the steamer in a handsome junk belonging to the Government. They visited our vessel with the greatest curiosity, and appeared surprised to see such large guns on board. Everything struck the imagination of these intelligent men, who, in spite of traditions unfavourable to Euro peans, could not be blind to our immense supe waited for 24 hours for the riority. After having reply of the governor, and being pressed for time, I gave orders to return to Nangasaki, contenting myself with admiring through a spyglass the town of Ozaka. I left Nangasaki on the morning of the 14th, and reached on the evening of the 16th Shanghai, where the troops from Pei-Ho had arrived some days before." LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 16. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SECOND COURT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) • RAPSON V. STARK. Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. T. Jones were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Pinder for the defendant. This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage. The plaintiff kept the Temperance Hotel at Falmouth, and the defendant was a Scotch travel ling draper carrying his goods in a pack around Falmouth. The plaintiff was a widow of 36, with a son 17, and the defendant was 28. The defendant used to stop every other Friday at the widow's hotel. Ho became enamoured, and for five years walked and went to chapel with her. He talked of what he should do " when he was master there," and when out on his rounds carrying his pack he wrote a great number of letters in a very bad hand writing, and the chief essence of his tale was, " Hopping you arc well, dearest, as I am at present. Your admirer, or your own George." In the sum 'nor of 1860 the defendant went to Scotland, and on his return he told the plaintiff, " Oh, what shall Ido P What can I say ? I have a wife and three children living in Scotland. Don't grieve—be pa tient, and perhaps Providence may interfere." The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £25. • her lowest terms, he engaged her to sing at Ger man-house, promising to give her even more than that sum. She sang for four evenings for Mr. Woodburn and his friends, and soon after returned to London. In April he sent for her to Brighton, and she again performed for four evenings. Sub sequently, at the Sabloniere Hotel, she attended at a party given by Mr. Woodburn and again sang for him. For these services she now claimed by her particulars £B4, although she said she was really entitled to double the amount. She said that Mr. Woodburn had on many occasions promised to pay her handsomely, and that for every hour she lost she would be amply remunerated. Once he offered her a cheque for £l5 on account, but she re fused to accept it, alleging that she would rather have all that was due in one sum. He said he would consult his banker, and she should be paid. The evidence of Madame Dotti was confirmed by Mr. Norris, member for Abingdon, who was staying at German-house while she was fulfilling her alleged engagement with Mr. Woodburn, who told him that he (Mr. Woodburn) "stood champagne and music," and that he should pay Madame Dotti. This gentlemen spoke very favourably of the vocal powers of the lady, as also did Mr. Beale, the well known musical publisher. Letters were read from Lady Cowley, Lady Sudely, and other persons of rank, who expressed themselves in high terms of praise of Madame Dotti's accomplishments. Her diploma from the College of St. Cecilia at Rome was put in, and a certificate frem Signor Rossini, the famous composer, by whom she was selected to sing at a fete given at his native place—Pesaro—on the occasion of the inauguration of his statue. Mr. Phinn having announced that he did not intend to call witnesses for the defendant, Mr. Brandt proceeded to sum up the evidence at some length. Mr. Phinn then addressed the jury for the defen dant, and commented upon the improbability of the plaintiff's case, which he designated as the result of an afterthought, and laid great stress upon the fact that Madame Dotti had at first claimed only £5O. .""e learned judge, in summing up, said that the .t.._ defendant : were justified in taking the opinion of a jury on the case for that it was their duty as execu tors to protect , the t's:' stator's estate. At the same time it seemed to him to be a question of amount, unless the jury thought there sad been no contract. The jury retired, and after a shoit absence found a verdict for the plaintiff for £B4, the amount claimed by the particulars. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) PERCIVALL V. SHIRLEY. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Pearce were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Honyman for the defendant. The plaintiff, a horse dealer and livery stable keeper at Burton-street, Eaton-square, sued the defendant, Mr. Shirley, a horsedealer at Twicken ham, to recover damages for breach of a warranty of a horse sold in the month of December last. It appeared that a Mr. Carter had informed the plain tiff of the horse in question, and on a day in Nov. last the plaintiff went to look at it, when it was slightly lame. Subsequently, on the parties meet ing at Tattersalls', the subject of the recovery of the horse was talked over, and it was alleged that on this occasion the defendant stated it was perfectly sound and free from lameness, and that £5O was the price. The plaintiff afterwards sent Mr. Carter, who purchased it at £47 10s. The morning after it had been brought to the plaintiff's stables he put it in a break, and it was then found that the horse was lame, and Mr. Mayor, the eminent veterinary surgeon, who was examined as a witness on behalf of the plaintiff, stated that such lameness arose from chronic. disease of the fetlock joint in the off hind leg. The horse was immediately returned and the defendant then asserted and now reiterated as his defence that no warranty was given. The evi dence was of the usual conflicting character, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. THE I:PISCOPAL MANIFESTO. A writer in a contemporary says the manifesto of the Bishops, which appeared in our columns on Saturday, is a remarkable document. It is one of a class, and must be viewed in con nexion with its predecessors. On three previous occasions we have had compositions of this kind. The first was the famous episcopal protest against the elevation of Dr. Hampden to the see of Here ford. It was subscribed by some of the most con spicuous of the present members of the Bench. It ended in the humiliating spectacle of the most eminent subscriber being forced within a few weeks publicly to eat his own words, and in the re ception of the so-called heretic into the episcopal circle which now avails itself of his aid to persecute others. The second was a denunciation, issued in the panic of the " Papal an ression," and signed by all but two of the wisest of the Bench, to prevent the assumption of English titles by the Roman Catholic hierarchy. The results of this declaration are too well known to require description. The third was a censure pronounced by the four Primates of England and Ireland on a body of High Church men who had ventured to condemn the proselytising practices of Bishop Gobat. Whatever may have been the effect of the document of Bishop Gobat, it has not affected in the least degree the opinions or the ecclesiastical position of the clergy against whom it was levelled. The present manifesto has pecularities of its own. It is an unqualified condemnation of certain opinions, without any indication of what these opinions severally are, or how widely the condem nation is meant to extend. It attacks, or appears to attack, five living clergymen, of eminent learn ing but diverse sentiments, in language almost amounting to a libel, without drawing any distinc tion between the writers, without specifying either the precise charges against them or the formularies of the Church which they are supposed to contra dict, although the highest ecclesiastical tribunal in the country has of late twice affirmed that without such specification charges of this nature cannot be entertained. It intimates that the gravest doubt exists as to the possibility of visiting the publica tion of those opinions in the ecclesiastical courts; and yet, notwithstanding this doubt, it ventures, without a trial, to pronounce a condemnation which nothing but the clearest legal proof could justify. It gives no indication of the opinions of any one of the subscribing bishops on any one of the points at issue, although it is perfectly well known that on these points many of the bishops are widely at variance with each: other, anti that some of them have published opinions coincident with those con tained in the book which is condemned. And this document, so grave in its character and its results, if it means what it says, is suddenly pub lished without any warning to the persons accused, although some of them have the strongest claims on the courtesy and the justice of those who thus accuse them ; and it first finds its way into the public journal s th roug h th e h an d s o f a coun t ry clergyman, who does not even publish the address to which it is an answer, and which alone could render it intelligible. [ADVERTISEMENT,) Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; .their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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The case was so complicated that it was impossible to unravel it. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury. FENNELL V. FORD AND ANOTHER. Mr. Hawkins, Q. C., Mr. Prentice, and Mr. Brandt were for the plaintiff; Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. Garth for the defendants. _ The plaintiff is the husband of a lady well known in the musical world as Madame Dotti (Dotti being her maiden name), and he sued the executors of a gentleman named 'Woodburn for the amount due to her for attending and singing to his friends on several occasions at Brighton and in London. On Madame Dotti being placed in the witness box she expressed her inability to give her evidence in English; and after some discussion a great portion of her examination was conducted in the following manner :—She was examined in chief by Mr. Brandt, and cross-examined by Mr. Phinn, in the French language ; her answers were taken by the learned judge and translated by him to the jury. It seems that in the early part of last year Madame Dotti was giving lessons in singing to Mr. Turner, the proprietor of a first-class boarding-house at Brighton. One evening in February she was requested by Mr. Turner to sing something in the presence of the inmates of. German-house (the establishment in question), among whom was Mr. Woodburn, a rich, liberal, and somewhat eccentric old gentleman. He was pleased with the performance, and asked Mr. Tur ner what her terms were for singing at private parties. He told him that he did not know, and the next day Mr. Woodburn called on her, and on her telling him that 10 guineas per evening were COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) TEARL V. OASTLER AND ANOTHER. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Parry, and Mr. T. Atkinson were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice appeared for the defendants. The plaintiff is a saddler and horse milliner, carrying on his business at Friendly-place, Old Kent-road, and the defendants, Oastler and Palmer, are the well known army contracters, trading under the name of Alex. Ross and Co. The action was brought against Oastler and Palmer, and Tomlins, as their foreman, for illegally and without any pro bable cause searching the plaintiff's premises for stolen goods. _ . It appeared from the plaintiff's evidence and that of 1115 Wile iilla Oci rant, rviioorn...ll in plain clothes called on the 28th of March last, and, after giving their names and saying that they were con stables, went on to say that a quantity of leather had recently been stolen, and asked permission to examine the premises, which was at once granted, and after a careful examination by the officers they went away, saying that they were satisfied that no portion of the stolen property was upon the pre mises. On the following morning at 11 o'clock they returned, accompanied by Tomlins, who repre sented himself to be foreman to Oastler and Palmer, and asked permission to make another search. The plaintiff declined, alleging that he had been suffi ciently inconvenienced by what had occurred on the previous evening, and that they must produce a search warrant before he should admit them. However, without saying any more, the three per sons entered the house, and remained there about three hours searching every room in it, but found no part of the stolen property. The plaintiff corn. plaiued that he had been seriously injured in his business by the publicity the transaction had acquired, and that some of his goods in trade had been injured during the search. Mr. O,stlor, for the defence, stated that he never had given authority to any person to search the plaintiff's premises, neither was he aware that such a thing had been done until he received a letter from the plaintiff's attorney, communicating that fact among other things ; that the officers who made the search had been employed by the firm in a case where two persons named Crowder and Wil son were taken into custody, and convicted of stealing or receiving leather. Mr. Palmer was next called, and swore that Mr. Oastler knew nothing of the affair, as he was out of town at the time, and that he personally gave no authority to the police to search. Tomlins, the foreman, said that Mr. Palmer told him to go and see if there was any property that belonged to the firm, and that he went with the policeman to the plaintiff's and saw him, the police man telling the plaintiff who the witness was, and that the plaintiff led the way upstairs and sorted out some pieces of leather which the witness swore belonged to the defendants. One of the officers was turning over some things when the plaintiff came up and asked him not to damage them in doing so. Some pieces which he recognised the plaintiff said he had had for four years, when the witness replied that that could not be so, as the pattern from which they were cut had not been from India for so long a time, the contract not being made for them till April, 1858. He touched nothing but what was banded to him, and they were there only three-quarters of an hour together. The plaintiff made an offer to them to search the bedrooms, which was declined. The officers had some of the pieces of leather in a handkerchief, and said that if they took them away the witness must give the plaintiff into custody, which he declined to do. Both the officers were called, one of them saying upon cross-examination that Palmer told Tomlins to go with them to assist in searching the plain tiff's house. After his lordship had very carefully sammcd up the facts, the jury found a verdict against two of the defendants only—viz., Palmer and Tomlins —Damages, £75. The case occupied the whole day. DIVORCE COURT. (Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Baron Chaunell.) BRYAN (FALSELY CALLED M'MAHON) V. M'MAHON. This was a petition by Margaret Lea Bevan for a declaration of the nullity of her marriage with James M'Mahon, on the ground that the licence under which the marriage was solemnised had been obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. The Judge Ordinary said the Court had directed the question to be argued, not because they enter tained any serious doubt upon it, but because of its - very grave nature and of its importance to one at least of the parties interested. Having now had the benefit of a very able argument on both sides, they were satisfied that their first view was cor rect, and that they were bound to hold the mar riage good. In this particular instance their decision must, he was afraid, inflict a good deal of sorrow and misery upon the petitioner, but a deci gon the other way might have been still more p&inful to a person in her position if the point had been raised in another manner, for a man after marriage under these circumstances, followed by cohabitation and the birth of children, might have eallei upon the Court to annul that marriage, to reduce the woman at a late period of life to the positiol of a mistress, and to bastardise the chil dren. !f, therefore, they were to be governed by considerations of public policy they would be inclined to uphold the marriage ; but the ques tion must be decided upon the terms of the statute of George IV. In that statute a great distinction was made between banns and cences. The second section directed with respect to banns that notice was to be given to the minister at a certain time before the kmblication of the true Christian names and surnames, and of the places of residence, &c., of the parties, and by another clause marriages without " due publica tion," which had been held to include publica tion of the true Christian names and surnames, were to be null and void. Something more was required beyond the mere names, — namely, the places of abode and the length of time in which the parties had dwelt in the parish, but a subsequent section enacted that misdescription in these matters should not be a ground of nullity. Then the 10th section as to licenses provided that no licenses were to be granted except in certain cases, and the only section relating to nullity, the 22d, said, "If any persons shall knowingly and wilfully intermarry, without due publication of banns or:license from a person or persons having authority to grant the same first had and obtained, the marriage of such persons shall be null and void to all intents and purposes." In "Dormer v. Wil liams" (1 Curt., 70), the question was whether the license was granted by a person having authority to grant the same. No question of that sort arose in this case. The marriage was solemnised . at a place within the jurisdiction of the person who granted the license, and who had a uthority to grant it. He had an affidavit before him containing statements as to matters with respect to which he was authorised by statute to require a statement. Was the marriage vitiated by reason of misstate ments in that affidavit ? He found no authority for that proposition, but, on the contrary, man' dicta in a long series of cases denying it strongly, and pointing out the difference in that respect between banns and licenses. It came at last to the question, as Mr. Brandt had put it with great force, whether or not this was a license. From the time of Lord Stowell downwards there were cases in which a partial departure from the true name, even in the publication of banns, had been held in the absence of fraud not to annul the marriage. These decisions showed that the name so altered represented the persons. Did not the name Margaret Bevan in this case represent the lady ? Was not the license granted for her ? Did she not authorise 3,‘Mahon to get it for her under that description ? Had she not contracted with him to marry him ? The license had been granted by a person who had authority to grant it, although one of the lady's names was suppressed in order that the surrogate ni ;oht not suspect who she was ; yet, there being no pre te i ;ce for saying that it was obtained for any other' p e r s on and transferred to her, and . there being authority fot' saying that such an altered name might represent her, she having authorised M'Mahon to obtain the license, and he having accordingly obtained it, the court could not say that the mar riage solemnised under it wag null. The other learned judges concurred. The prayer for a declaration of nullity was ac cordingly rejected. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Feb. 16. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Charles Pearson, the City solicitor, attended on Saturday before Mr. Alderman Hale, the presiding magistrate, accom- ' panied by Dr. Letheby, the medical officer for Health for the City of London, in order to apply for an order for the destruction of the carcass of a calf that had been seized by one of the inspectors of slaughter-houses in the City—a slaughter-house belonging to a Mr. Nathaniel Nathan, a butcher, in Aldgate-market. Mr. Pearson said that the Commissioners of Sewers had thought fit, in their official capacity, to direct this proceeding to be taken in order to endea vour to put a stop to a practice which unhappily prevailed to a considerable extent, of selling dis . ea ,-,nd meat, and especially to the poorer classes, their health was injured and great mischief whereb'y was done. In the present case it would seem that in conse pen ce of private information that was o received by. Mr. Yewman,ne of the inspectors for the City, he went to .► retired slaughter-house at the back of Mr. Nathan's p :emises, in,Aldgate market, and he there found hangine7 up the carcass of a calf, dressed, and apparently rea:lY, to be exposed for sale. He should prove that tlu calf had not come. naturally into the world, and that it was quite unfit for human food, and upon these facts, he should ask for an order for the destruction of the cOrcass• Mr. Newman, the inspector, was then ex,: mined, and he stated that in consequence of some info:ma tion he received he felt it his duty to visit ti:e slaughter-houses belonging to Mr. Nathan, in Ald gate-market. There were four places of this de scription behind his shop, and in the farthest from the front or the premises he fo un d the carcass of a. calf hanging up, and apparently as if intended to be exposed for sale. The body of the animal had been previously car ried into the court. It presented evident appear ances of having been prematurely brought into the world, and was evidently most unfit for human food. Mr. Newman went on to say that in his . opinion the animal had never breathed, and that it had not been born naturally, and was not within three weeks or a month of arriving at maturity. He added that in his opinion it was unfit for human food, and he therefore seized it, and gave notice to the proprietor of the slaughter-house. In answer to a question from the worthy alderman Mr. Newman said he believed Mr. Nathan himself was ill in bed, and his business was managed by one of his relatons. Mr. Nathan, however, was the registered owner of the slaughter house in which he discovered the carcass of the animal. Alderman Hale inquired whether any one was present on behalf of Mr. Nathan ? A young man dressed in a butcher's frock came forward and said that Mr. Nathan was ill in bed and knew nothing at all about the occurrence, and the fact was that some stranger had improperly ob tained access to the slaughter house and dressed the calf there, but Mr. Nathan knew nothing about it, and he had no intention of exposing it for sale. Dr. Letheby was then called, and he stated that he had examined the carcass that had been produced, an d it was entirely unfit for human food. The hoofs were not entirely formed, and the anima' had not arrived at tie full period of gestation, and in his opinion it must either have been a dropped calf or else taken from a t :ead animal. Mr. C. Pearson theta said that upon this evidence he should ask the Court to make an order for the destruction of the carcass, arid he at the same time said that he was requested by tie Commissioners of Sewers to state publicly that they were determined to prosecute in every similar case. ..Under the Nuisances Removal Act any registered owner of a slaughter house who had such a carcass in his pos session was liable to a penalty of £ lO, and it was possible that the commissioners mig ht still take proceedings against Mr. Nathan under that act. Inquiry would, however, be made into the truth of the statement that was made in his belita, and he should communicate with the CominissioZiers of Sewers and receive their instructions upon the subject. Alderman Hale at once directed the order to be made, and at the same time observed that the pro ceeding was a very proper one, and that it was not to be borne that persons should endanger the health of the poor by selling such a disgusting article as that which had been produced for the purposes of human food. Charles Hansot, a well dressed young man, wear• ing a beard and moustache, was brought before Alderman Conder in the course of the day, charged with attempting to steal £6O in bank notes. Mr. E. T. Stringer, clerk to Messrs. Harman and Kecn, stockbrokers, of Warnford court, deposed that on Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock he went to Barclay's bank in Lombard-street for the purpose of paying in some money and receiving cash for a cheque. The clerk paid him £6O in back notes and he placed them in his trousers pocket, and he was then about to count the gold and silver that formed the remainder of the cheque, and while so engaged he felt a hand in the pocket in which . he had placed the bank notes. He immediately seized the person by the wrist, who turned out to be th . e pri e soner, and asked him what he meant by putting his hand . in his pocket, to which he replied. that the witness must be labouring under a mistake. He held him fast, however, until a policeman came up, and he gave him in charge. Alderman Conder asked the prisoner whether he wished to put any questions to the witness ? The prisoner said he should like to know whether he had lost any money? Mr. Stringer said he had not ; and in answer to another question put by the prisoner, he stated that there was a crowd of persons standing about him at the time the affair happened. George Barfield, a city policeman, said he was sent for to Messrs. Barclay's bank, and the prose cutor gave the prisoner into custody for attempting to pick his pocket, and when h e did so, prisoner said " I think you are labouring under a mistake." He took the prisoner to the p o li ce s tation, and upon searching him he found a bill case, which was quite empty, and a portemonnaie in which there were £lB 10s. in gold and 2s. Bd. in silver, and also a silver hunting watch and a pen knife. The pri soner gave his address in Longfellows-road, Mile end, but he said he had not had time to ascertain whether this was a true address or not. He in quired of the prisoner how he came to be in the bank, and he said that he went there to do some business, he wanted to get a cheque upon New York. Mr. Stringer stated that when the prisoner was ,111 the bank he had the bill case iu his hand, no doubt to create the belief that he was a banker's clerk. Alderman Conder asked the prisoner -whether he wisheJ to say au'vthing in answer to the charge ? He revlied—"l cannot say anything." Alderman Conder inquired of the detective offi cers—several of whom were present—whether they knew anything of the prisoner, and none of them, it,appeared, had any knowledge of him. Partridge, the gaoler, said he knew the` prisoner had been to this Court before, and he believed that he was the,' charged with a similar attempt at rob bery to the present at the City Bank. • Alderman Condor remanded the prisoner in order that the' necessary inquiries might be made respecting him, CLERKENWI:LL.—ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A PUBLICAN BY rn BARMAN.—William Swan, aged 22, described on hhecharge sheet as a barman, was placed at the bar behlre Mr. Barker, charged l l' is master, Mr. James with feloniously wounding Leask, the landlord of the Pitt Head public-house, Old street, St. Luke's. Mr. Beard attended for the prosecut ion. Mr. Leask, who appeared in the witnE, ss -box with his face enveloped in surgical bandages, ,Ind seemed very weak from loss of blood, said the pri,soner had been in his employ about three weeks, and the pre vious night there was a dispute in front of the bar with the prisoner about some change. As the .came thing had frequently occurred before, he tappedthe prisoner on the shoulder, and asked him to step into the bar-parlour. He told him that he shouldl not require his services any longer, that he ha& better pack up his things, and that, although he' only been in the place three weeks, he would p a y Lim a month's wages. The prisoner said, " What have I done ?" and he replied, " I will tell you when you come down stairs." He (witness) then went to the bar and served some customers„ and on turning to go back to the parlour he saw the prisoner rushing towards him with the poker in his hand. The prisoner was in the act of making a blow at him with the poker. He put his hands up to guard his face, and received a fearful blow on the face with the poker, which partially stunned him. The prisoner, before witness could recover himself, struck him another blow on the head, and then he closed with him, and they struggled together. The prisoner struck him again, and the blow stunned him for a minute or two. When the pri soner first struck witness be said nothing. The poker was here produced. It was a parlour poker, and the blade was broken off. Mr. Barker said the case was of so serious a nature that he should most certainly send him for trial. He would remand the prisoner until Tues day next, for the attendance of the surgeon. The prisoner applied that bail might be taken. Mr. Barker fixed the bail—the prisoner in £2OO, and two sureties in the sum of £lOO each. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER-FEB. 16. The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, and prices as last week, with a fair demand. White wheat, 70s to 78s —red, 64s to 68s per 36 stone; a rather steady sale for barley, grinding, 32s to 34s ; malting, 37s to 43s per qr.; oats, 24s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 56s to 58s, new, 38s to 40s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 508 I Seconds, 47s I Thirds, 46s per 20 stone. NORWICH-FEB. 16. At this market to-day wheat was in moderate supply, and last week's rates were realised for most kinds. Bar ley in limited supply, and prices unchanged. Flour was is cheaper. White wheat. 65s to 678 j Red wheat 56s to 62s Malting barley....4ss to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 44s Distilling do ......31s to 34s Oats.. 26s to 30s Flour, 41s to —s Od per sack from the miller. YORK—FEB. 16. •The trade was dull, and wheat was in small show; sales were effected at previous prices. Malting barley in demand at extreme prices. Oats a slow sale. Wheat, red 45s to 56s 1 Oats.... 24s to 26g White do .58s to 64s 1 Beans 48s to 56s Barley .38s to 42s I Peas ....—s to —8 Malt, 70s to 72s per qr, ; rye, 37s per qr. ; flour, 48s to bOs per sack. STAMFORD—FEs. 16. A better supply of wheat at market yesterday, which sold at last week's prices. Barley realised extreme rates. Oats 9. small show. Beans hardly so abundant, and the turn higher. Wheat • 58s to 63s I Oats.. 24s to 300 White do 60s to 6 6 s Beans Barley .. 368 to 44s I Ditto, old ........58s to 60s THE ;TAILS. MAILS Dint Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Feb. 18. De. (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verde .. Mar. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. Feb. Cuba and Mexico • • Feb. 28 •• Canada &c. (via L'derry) , Feb. 20. Cape of " Good Hope, &c. Nat . & 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Feb. 18. Do ' (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Fob, 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Feb. 26.. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Feb. 20. Lisbon .. • . .. Feb. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Feb, 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 20. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Feb. 21. United States, California, &c. .. Feb. 20. We s tern Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Mar. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Feb. 28. THE SURRENDER OF CAPTAIN POWELL TO THE SEcEssioNitYrs.—The United States arsenalat Apalachicola was besieged by Florida troops on the 6th ult., and, owing to the weakness of the garrison, compelled to surrender, much against the grain of the commandant, Captain Powell, a veteran officer who has seen much active service particularly during the Mexican war. When giving up h sword, the captain addressed the Florida forces as follows " Officers and Soldiers,—Five minutes ago I was the com mander of this arsenal, but in consequence of the weakness of my command I ant obliged to surrender—an act which I have hitherto never bad to do during my whole military career. If I had had a force equal to, or even half the strength of, your own, Ph be if you would ever bar) entered that gate until you walked over my dead body. You see that I have but three met. These are labourers, and cannot contend against you. I now consider myself a pri oner of war. Take my sword." FADVERTISEMENT.]—A few more of the extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion, (dyspepsia) flatu lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility effected by Du Barry's delicious health restoring revalenta arabica food, are here given :—Cure 52,422.—Bridgehouee,..Frimley, Surrey, April 8, 1854.-33 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in they ears, eon stipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, have been removed by your revalenta arabica.—James Roberta, tim ber merchant. No. 32,836.—Three years' excessive ner vousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and genera/ debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restor ing food.—Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 5C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. c h :mpell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rb" and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false p „,:tences. Nevill's imitations aro prohibited by the hi g h C oin .t of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hoo ? or Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill hat.' a patent for Aral:lca Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly fake. No canister is genial. - ‘e without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-st,.eet, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempi, i mpositio n Packed in one article must in tins 1119., e xpect to be distrusted in 121 b. 226. ; 241 b. 40s. The 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s, 6d. ; 51b. 11s. ; 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re. gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbit j 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 6t?, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Ce. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King 1171. 1 liam-street, City; at 127 Rich 'Holborn: and all grocers BIRTHS. FFOLILES.—On the 15th inst., at Hillington Rectory, Pear Kings's Lynn, the wife of the Rev. H. E. B. Ffolkes, of a son. STRANGWAYS.—On the 15th inst., at Woolwich, the wife) of Captain Fox Strangways, Royal Horse Artillery, of a. daughter. TURNER.--On the 13th inst., at the Lee-road, Blackheath, the wife of Frederick J. Turner, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. GREEN—CATER.—On the 9th inst., at St. Paul's, Dept ford, David, fifth son of Thomas Green, Esq., of New cross, and-St. Michael's House, Cornhill, to Ellen Eliza, eldest daughter of the late John Cater, Esq., R.N. WESTROPP—IIARTI.--On the 12th inst., at St. Peter's, Notting-hill, Eliza Houseman Westropp, eldest surviv ing daughter of the late Berkeley Westropp, Esq., of Upper Sheen, Mortlake , to Patrick Hare, Esq.,:of Clone geera, Queen's County, Ireland. DEATHS. AITCHISON.—On the 13th inst., at his residence, Shrub's hill, Lyndhurst, Rear-Admiral Robert Aitchison, aged 64. Cnossn.—On the 15th inst., at Onehouse, William Crosse, Esq., aged 72. RULME.—On the 14th inst., suddenly, Mr. F. Ct. Hulme, • of Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. LAXON.—On the 11th inst., at No. 1, Aldhous-terrace, Barnsbury-park, John Laxon, Esq., Captain of her Majesty's 7th Fusiliers, aged 84. WARDE.—On the 14th inst., at Squerrye's Court, Wes terham, Charles Warde, Esq., aged 75. LONDON : Printed and rublished by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, ! UMW! keWUP47 18 ) 1861, il