The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-22 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall. and W. Harrison. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Hanle woiln and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. leno, FL Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux. die. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mallon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENINO the performances will cornmPnap with (by desire) SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss ilardeastle, Miss Fanny Stirling; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buekstone. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclereqs, Herr Colo, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. T HIS EVENING. the performances will commence with BUY BIAS. Messrs. Fechter, Basil Pater, Garden, Ray inond. Graham, Cathcart, and A. Harris. After which. a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Kin . of the Carib!). Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal can tinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. .....- TREATTIE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Bois Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled 'rlIE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vining!. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. .1. noose. Alter which, Vie Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE ; pr, The Rose without a Thorn, showing' TUE VISIO OF A. ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Larry Hoolagan, Mr. John Drew. A DELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. 1,. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne, After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falooner, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burleue EXtravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A N sq EW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Wo ol g ar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and F. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open trey; 10 till 5. No charge for bOoktrm- Private boxes. £2 2s. ; Fsuni!y Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, b. Pit Stalls, 2s.;Amphitheatre, le ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. SinieL A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Wit. BATTY. Immense success of the Pantomime. Re_enpftement of Mr. J. Crockett and the Trained Lions. A Grand juvenile Fete will take place on Fridap, Jan. 25, commencing at two o'clock with the Pantomime, concluding with the Lions.' This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION CONQUEROR; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World. " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and British Artistes. Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL HORSE ; or. Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy Ring, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr. Cthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing n n the comae scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and. Brandon Ledger. Doors open at half -rest 6, performance commenee at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL PANTOMIME. "THE ENCHANTED HASH," EVERY EVENING. ENTERTAINING PEOPLE. Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. BELL. GOOD TEOPLE. Wildrose,l Fairies, With the usual accom- 1 Mr. Marshall. Primrose, j plishments. Mr. Bell. COON PEOPLE. Farmer Thickhead (a husbandman, with a Wife and Child, who make a foolrphan of him) who runs Mr. Bell. Giles Goslin g mysterious O. after every Miss, and afterwards Harlequin)Mr. Marshall. Dame Thickhead (who. having worn out the breeches, takes to Pantaloon s) .. —Mr. Bell. Dolly (the bell of the villa g e, which Giles in tends to ring the—changes to Columbine)..Mr. Marshall. BAD PEOPLE. Vowleygrowley, 1 Demons of the blackest dye 1 Mr. Marshall Growleyhowley, and brightest Magenta. 5 Mr. Bell. COMIC PEOPLE. Harlequin Columbine Mr. F. MARSHALL. Clown Mr. E. MARSHALL. Pantaloon ... Mr. F. BELL. Scene, CANTERBURY (that's) HALL !—Time A.D. 1861, at half-past nine. Mr. B. A pack of nonsense ! Mr. M. What we want— Mr. B. Pooh ! pooh ! The idea ! a Pantomime played by two - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 9h. 53m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m, To-ItORROW.-Morning, 11h. :9m.—Afternoon, 11b. 4fln3, THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 22, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 33—Lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER-- 30 . 43 . WIND--Westerly—rather fresh ; with cold, dull weather. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 22, 1861. We learn from a long report in the Northern Whig that the town of Derry has been the scene of another of those disgraceful disturbances for which the Orangemen have become so notorious, and so infamous. The occasion was as inexcusable an j one as could well be conceived; but, nothing seems to come amiss to these semi_barbarians, if they can but make it the opportunity for the most brutal and violent displays of their party zeal. Mr. PEEL DAWSON, the county member, had kindly consented to deliver a leeture at the Mechanics' Institute in the place, on " The Historical and Antiquarian Remini scenees of the city and county of Londonderry," and it will appear surprising that a topic so congenial with the locality, and the non-party character of mechanics' institutes, should not have secured a hearing, and a grateful one to any man. But Mr. DAWSON had, it seems, committed the unpardonable sin. After the sad affair at Derry =mash, Mr. DAWSON, we are told, had spoken in Parliament, now some five months ago, " in ad verse, though very temperate, terms of Orange sociedes and their irritating party displays." From that time he seems to have become a marked man with the Orangemen. As they did not re spect the rank and position of the heir apparent to the Crown in Canada, nor of a Bishop in Ireland, we cannot be much surprised that a county M.P. who had been guilty of uttering a word of truth respecting the maniacal fraternity, should be dealt with in the approved Orange style. But certainly these hypocritical shouters for the Bible made very summary work of one of its plainest precepts—for, instead of not " letting the sun go down on their wrath," they have had no difficulty in "keeping it warm," through five months of sun-sets, and not only warm, but boiling. No sooner, it seems, was Mr. DAWSON'S inten tion to dehrer the lecture known, than the leaders of the Orange mob began to devise measures to in vade and take possession of the hall in which the lecture was to be delivered ; and partly by means of forged orders, partly by means of a crush, they succeeded in packing the hall with apprentice boys and Orangemen. When the Mayor, who presided, and the lecturer entered, they found the plate already well filled with an audience evidently bent on mischief. "As soon," we are told, "as the front door opened, the building was almost immediately filled by a Crowd, o f f whom the most prominent were well-known apprentice boys and Orangemen. Their excited looks gave promise of conning disturbances as they pressed up close to the platform. Some confusion took place at the (Ica; it having been discovered that some of the ad! pinion tickets-were forgeries. At eight o'clock the hall was literally cramir-od, the audience bei ng principally composed of Orangemen, the apprentice boys, and their sympathisers . They generally stood on the seats, and amused themselves by shouting, clapping .---_____-- -- S ' .. ...';,1ii 0 , ,, :. ~.- - ' lll % ' ,74.14'1' ,•,. t • I THE SUN. ~"'~, hands,' &c. A local celebrity, PL eddy Gaol,' a poor, half-witted lad who runs about; the streets, was got on his legs to make a speech, and for some time harangued the audience, amid great cheering and laughter." Such were the promising auspices under which the business of the meeting began ; it was only to be expected that when the offender himself made his appearance, the disturbance should become " fast and furious." Several ladies were with him as well as gentlemen, but the report says, in pro ceeding up to the platform, the honourable mem ber was received with cheers and counter cheers, and tremendous groaning, mingled with cries of " Lift him, lift him!" meaning to carry him bodily off his feet. "Take Governor WALKER'S coat off him," and " put him out," were also liberally shouted, with cheers, groans, catcalls, cock-crow ing, cries of order, and noises of every descrip tion—stamping of feet, rapping of sticks, ringing of bells, and the shrieks of a railway whistle. Most of the audience" got up on the chairs. But how shall we describe the meeting itself dur- ing the lecture; perhaps it might be sufficient to say that the beginning, middle, and end were alto gether in keeping, for sheer senseless noise and vulgar cries of every description were continued with ever renewed vigour; and all in spite of attempts to soothe, to provoke to laughter, to enlist their sense of propriety, if they had anything of that quality, or, on the part of the Mayor, to threaten them with his civic displeasure. One person endeavoured to persuade them that they were respectable and gentlemen, but they well knew better than that, and only laughed ',at the courteous untruth. Others a ppealed to the fair fame of Derry, but they thought their conduct quite worthy of Derry boys ; wherein they assuredly formed a perfectly correct estimate of themselves. The Mayor singled out one prominent disturber, and informed him that he recognised him as Mr. JOHN ROULSTONE, but Mr. ROULSTONE seemed to have no objection to being recognised as the fugleman to the apprentice boys. The Lecturer, who kept his temper admirably throughout,—and who conquered in so far as, that, without any show of perturbation, he read the whole lecture—tried various tricks on his part to coax them into quietness ; now he had a funny story or two, he said, to read ; now a lady's name to dwell on ; now the great siege of Derry itself to describe ;—but tales, and ladies, and the exploits of WALKER himself were all the same to these stupid madmen ; they were enlisted to make a disturbance, to hoot, to call the hon. member all the ill names their low, but not very inventive, fancy could suggest, and never did any regiment more faithfully discharge the duties for which it was enlisted. Net satisfied indeed with hall duty, they waited and watched till the ladies, whom their fury had frightened from the platform, rejoined Mr. DAW SON, and all went together to a friend's house. These fellows, the cream of Protestantism, actually hustled and hooted the party all the way, and were with no little difficulty kept by the police off the persons of the objects of their wrath. What strikes us first in reading such accounts as these coming so thickly on each other, is, that bad as the mobs are they are not the worst. That a set of illiterate apprentice boys and men of the lowest order can be easily inspired to create any amount of disturbance required, unfortunately needs no proof. We have had GORDON Riots here, and but the other day BRYAN KING riots, and any man who will lend himself to such things may easily multiply such feats in any populous place. But to us it seems a most unfortunate state of society, in which persons whom we are accus tomed to speak of as respectable, and gentlemen, clergymen even, and members of Parliament, and county squires, and well-to•do tradesmen, can per mit themselves to belong to an institution whose actions have now become so utterly disgraceful. These persons are the life of the social nui sance of Orangeism. If they refused any longer to lend their names to it, the penniless and illiterate would soon cease to trouble themselves about the glorious memory of the founder of our Na tional Debt. It is really time that the nuisance of Orangeism were got rid of. Mr. WHITESIDE himself must think so. Law probably can do little more than it has done—the remedy is now in the hands of the noble lords and gentlemen who still hold.connec tion with this social abomination. Can it need any longer time to open their eyes to the evil they are doing ? Are not half-a-dozen outrages, all within a few months, enough to warn off all persons, who have any respect for their character, from such associations ? We beg to suggest that some steps should be taken to withdraw from Orangeism all who have any position to sustain, and thus to leave the evil to die out of itself. Theoretically nothing can be better than the pre ference of Direct for Indirect Taxation. An equitably assessed Property -tax, for example, is the very ideal perfection of the most just among all just taxes. But—the Income-tax ! Particularly the Income-tax, according to its present mode of assessment ! Nothing can be more inequitable, nothing can be more unjust, nothing can bo more cruel, more harsh, more injudicious, or more de moralising, than the substitution of this kind of direct taxation for that old-fashioned system of indirect taxation drawing the chief part of the national revenues from Customs and Excise, or, in other words, from inappreciable imposts placed upon an immense variety of articles of more or less general consumption. Conscious of this, Mr. M'CrLLocir, one of the greatest among our recognised mercantile authori ties, has very recently—through no less conspicuous a medium than through the latest (revised) edition of that noble standard book of reference, his world famous Commercial bietiexary—Mr. M'CuLLocu (of all men !) has put forward authoritatively (recol lect it is in the last edition of his " Commercial Dictionary !" ) the following startling, and emphatic opinion of his upon—shall we say the efficacy ?— no , we ought rather to say the absolute and imperative necessity for the maintenance of Indirect Taxation—rather than the substitution for it of an Income-tax as cruelly unjust as it is grindingly oppressive and flagrantly and most lamentably demoralizing. Speaking of Indirect Taxation as preferable, Mr. M'CuLLoca has said—" UNLESS IT BE MAINTAINED, AND TO A VERY GREAT EXTENT TOO, A FINANCIAL CONVULSION, INVOLVING THE MOST SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES, CANNOT BE VERY FAR DISTANT!" The House of Commons will do well to bear in mind this deliberate judgment, pronounced upon a matter of the most vital importance, by no tyro in the science of political economy, but by a great master of that science, by a worthy successor of ADAM SMITH, such as TORRENS M'CuLLocit, the author of the " Commercial Dictionary." In justification of his argument, the great political economist goes on to analyse a few of the items, furnishing their quota to that aggre gate of more than half a million, the duties upon which have been repealed in the recent treaty with France—duties yielding altogether in 1859 Xe573/47 ! He recalls to mind—very pleasantly of THE SUN, 'LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY [22, 1861. course, now that for the following remissions we have a tenpenny tax upon our incomes ! that during 1859, in the shape of those duties now repealed— Butter—produced Cheese Eggs Tallow Oranges and lemons 33,000 Silk Leather gloves Artificial flowers Musical instruments Watches Having enumerated which, and a variety of other duties levied upon articles of a similar charac• ter—Mr. M'CuLLocu says, "We are clear that not one of these articles should have been exempted from duty." It is not Mr. BUSFIELD FERRAND, or Mr. BUSFIELD FER RAND'S ghost, who is pronouncing this opinion to us oracularly. It is Mr. M'CuLLocs who writes the words deliberately in his last edition of his great " Commercial Dictionary ;" and he adds, " The duties on butter, cheese, eggs, and tallow, were so very moderate that their influence over the prices of the articles was practically imperceptible." Observing still farther—" We have yet to learn that there are any articles better fitted to be taxed than silks, gloves," and so forth, than artificial flowers, let us say ! ! or musical instruments ! ! ! Nay, Mr. M'CuLLocli goes on to lay it down axiomatically that—" No article, unless it be the raw material of a manufacture, should be allowed to be imported except under a duty of 10, or 12, or 15 per cent. This," writes Mr. M'CuLLocu, " would not only be a much safer, but also a much sounder policy than the accumulation of oppressive duties on a few leading articles"—[such, for example, as TEA or TozAcco]—" or on Income." Particularly upon INCOME mulcted to the tune of 10d. in the £1 —and this tenpence drawn from it according to the present cruel, unjust, grinding, and demoralising mode of assessment. Take into account for a moment the mere ques tion of the demoralising influence of the Income Tax as at present assessed. The income tax in the old war time, Mr. PITT'S income tax, the income tax raised to carry on that tremendous struggle during fifteen years against France, under the Consular and Imperial rule of the Great NAPOLEON—that old Income-tax of the famous war time went as low as incomes of £5O per annum. Our present Income tax going no lower than incomes of £lOO per annum. Well, more than half a century back, when England was already oppressed by this coarse, clumsy, brutal device of " raising the wind" for an emergency caused by the neces sities of a vast warlike expenditure—what was the result produced ? Let the current num ber of the Quarterly answer with one trenchant sentence—a sentence that is two edged— that cuts both ways—at our fathers and at ourselves! " Under Mr. PITT'S income tax, " writes the Reviewer, " the limit of exemption was first fixed at £6O, but it was found necessary to lower it to £5O in consequence of the extraordinary number of people whose incomes, by a strange coincidence, happened to amount to £59 10s. ! " And now with the income tax, not of Mr. PITT, but of Mr. GLADSTONE with this cruel, unjust, grinding, demoralising Income tax of tenpence in the pound—what is the calcula tion made by Mr. M'CuLLocH in regard to this ? Why, Mr. M'CuLLocrf estimates that false returns are given in by more than one half of the classes assessed under Schedule D ! Mr. BABBIGEN cal culation, going the length of asserting that, in re gard to the same schedule D, when the income tax was fixed at 7d. in the £l, the whole schedule D, taken together, did not pay more than at the rate of Fourpence ! Authenticated instances are given, in fact, by the Quarterly Reviewer, illustrative of the flagrant character of these false returns. It is said, for example (p. 242), that " one gentleman (?) had returned £3,000 to the income tax, having actually earned £9,000 !" Another case is instanced in which—" A respectable (?) firm returned £B,BOO as their earnings in five years, having really earned £31,432 !!" But—beyond even this—" Another legal worthy," we read, "took a still higher flight of genius, and, having earned £2,000 in the year, returned £2OO to the income tax, and claimed compensation of the Treasury on an income of £3,000 !! !" These astounding contrasts, it may be observed, were brought to light in reference to the Proctors' incomes—at the time when the Proc tors of the old Probate Court sent in their claim for compensation. We all know perfectly well, besides, what the conscience money means—the conscience money sent from time to time to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from repentant letters of the alphabet ! It is a cruel system altogether : a cruel, unjust, grinding, demoralising system, and it behoves us that we should have done with it ! The recent rise in the rate of discount to seven per cent. now begins to show its ruinous conse quences on commerce, and the producing interests of the country very generally. We have so often pointed out the injurious effects of PEEL'S currency crotchets of 1844, that we shall now only direct attention to Mr. HAMER STANSFELD'S letter on the subject. It will be seen thereby that the great apostle of the Bullionists one day says that the excessive rise in the dis counts is of no consequence to people in trade while but yesterday he states that a firm of long standing has been compelled to stop payment to the tune of some £400,000 ! Now which opinion is right ? THE PRINCE OF WALES.—CAMBRIDGE, Monday. His Royal Highness, with the Hon. M ajor-General Bruce and Captain Grey, attended Divine service on Sunday morning at Madingley Church. The Rev. Thos. Field, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and vicar of Madingley, officiated. The church, which is within the demesne of Madingley Hall, contains many monuments to the mem bers of the Hinde and Cotton families. His Royal High ness remained at Madingley throughout the day. THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. —The bulletin received from Trentham yesterday announces that " the duke is going on well, and had an excellent night." During the illness of his grace a despatch has been daily forwarded to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, conveying a medical report of the condition of the noble invalid. THE LATE LORD ELPHINSTONE.—This deceased nobleman, who died a few days since at Bournemouth, only succeeded his uncle, the late Governor of Bombay, in July last, in the Scottish barony. The late peer was the only son of the Hon. Admiral Chas. Fleeming Elphinstone, son of John, 11th Lord Elphinstone. He was born 11th Dec., 1819, and was unmarried. His lordship was formerly in the l'ith Lancers, and at the close of the late war held the ' rank of Lieut.-Colonel commanding the 2d Light Dragoons of the German Legion. The deceased nobleman is suc ceeded, we believe, by Commander Wm. Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, of her Majesty's ship Hornet, now 15th Baron Elphinstone, eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Jatne. D. 13. F. Elphinstone, by his second marriage with Anna garia, only child of the late Sir Edward Buller, Bart., of Trennant, Cornwall. The present peer is in his 33d year. THE RIVER STEAMBOAT TRAFFlC.—Yesterday the steamboat traffic both above and below bridge, which was totally suspended during the severe frost, was resumed, and large numbers of persons availed themselves of the accommodation, in order to avoid the muddy streets, in passing between the City and the Nest-end, The half penny boats had a full share of passengers, but the iron boats and those of the City Company had a decided advan • tage, in consequence of their calling at all the intermediate piers, .• , Is THE SEVEN PER CENT. BANK ifINIMUJI RATE OF DISCOUN I NOT Alf EVIL ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Does the Times truly represent the times when, in its City Article of the 11th instant, it says:— " The absence of inconvenience with money at 7 per cent. is a subject of remark on all sides ; but it would be hard for anyone to point out a reason why the existing rates should be regarded as an'evil ?" Is it not inconsistent in the Times, whilst showering down blessings on the destitute, whose afflictions are aggravated by the unusual severity of the season, over which the hand of man has no control, to allow its noble exertions on behalf of suffering humanity to be counteracted by the assertions of its City Editor that a 7 per cent, rate of discount, which must inevitably increase the number of unemployed, is no evil ? Do we not find in the same columns reports from the manufacturing districts such as the following : _ _ " LICICESTI3R.—LittIe progress made in business for the new year. The state the money market has assumed, and the increased rate of discount, wit the prospect of a still further advance before us, creates in the manufacturer a tardiness in resuming making ; therefore the operatives are t• a great extent short of employment. There is no giving way either in the yarn or wool markets, which are at pre sent uninfluenced by these oo.uses.--.Leicester Journal?" Is it no evil for manufacturers to be obliged to discharge their work people, because, with money at 7 per cent., majiufacturing is not remunerative ! Is it no evil for the operatives to be thrown out of work at this bitter season? Is it no evil to the owners of the Funds and other interest-bearing securities to have their property depre ciated some £50,000,000, in consequence of the advance of the rate of discount, and, if under the necessity of realising, of having their loss made the gain of the owner of money? Is it no evil for the public to be called upon by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pay additional taxes, to make up a revenue which must become deficient from the stoppage of trade," consequent on the medium for carrying it on being at 7 per cent. ? Supposing tkat only bills of three months' date, to the amount of £20,000,000, had to be discounted at 7 per cent., being 2 per cent. hight.r than the almost uniform maximum rate of the Bank of England prior to the Aot of 1844, there would be a transfer of £lOO,OOO from merchants and manu facturers to owners of money, from productive to non productive classes. Is that no evil P When such outrageous fallacies are published by the leading' journal, and circulated in most of the country newspapers, it is time for the opponents of the Act of 1844 to disabuse the public mind, and to make use of the power which that law foolishly gives them. Were but a few such firms as Messrs. Ovorend, Gurney, and Co. to claim notes for their deposits and gold for their notes, the act would have to be suspended and then re pea'ed, as Ministers would have to apply to Parliament for a bill of indemnity, and no Parliament could uphold a law which in that case would have been suspended three times in 15 years. And what would be the immediate conse quence of suspending the act of 1844 ? The directors of the Bank of England would be at liberty to compete on equal terms for gold with the Bank of France, by being enabled to issue the same proportion of notes to gold, which they can ; and further, they would be at liberty (as they were before the Act of 1844) to issue any amount of motes which they thought prudent, considering their liability to convertibility, and the publi% would only be too glad to take them as perfectly good securities for the transfer of equivalent values of property. It is with property and services that debts are at bottom liquidated, for money (the the legal instrument for dis charging a debt) has first of all to be obtained by giving property and services in exchange for it. Empower the direct ors at the same time to issue one pound-rotes to serve as substitutes for sovereigns, on the terms of the asnexed petition, so as to set at liberty some 120,000,000 of gold, and the rate of discount will rapidly fall to 5 per cent. ; commerce will revive, manufactures flotrish, and operatives again be fully employed. I am, sir, your obedient servant, HAMER STANSFELD. High&ld, Windermere, Jan. 17, 1861. " TO THE CIVIIEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "We the undersigned bankers, merchants, and other liege subjects of the realm, considering that the present foreign drain of gold most seriously deranges the domestic currency of the country, thereby paralysing trade, throw ing the industrious classes out of employment, depreciating property, and increasing unnecessarily the burdens of the people, most humbly pray that your Majesty will be graci ously pleased, with a view to counteract these evils, by Order in Council, to empower the Bank of England, until the sense of Parliament can be taken, to issue one pound notes to serve as substitutes for sovereigns whenever the Bank minimum rate of discount shall exceed five per cent., on depositing Government Stocks for two-thirds and gold for the remaining one-third of the amount of such issues as a guarantee for the convertibility of the notes, and on pay ing interest at the rate of four per cent. to the Exchequer for the benefit of the State, on the two-thirds of which they would have the beneficial use, or on such other terms as to your Majesty shall seem fit. "And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." A suspension, which it is hoped and believed will prove only temporary, took place on Saturday of one of the oldest and most respectable firms in the Levant trade —Messrs. Francis Ede, Son, and Co. Their liabilities are supposed to range between £250,000 and £400,000, but an impression prevails that in the course of a day or two arrangements may be effected by which all engagements will be provided for. The difficulty is understood to have arisen mainly from the means of the firm being at this period of high rates of discount locked up to some extent in the local loans to the Turkish Government on the security ef Customs' duties, which come in slowly,—Times City Article of yesterday, 21st January. L A E E (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Wellesley, Captain Smith, from Melbourne on the 4th Nov, has arrived in the Channel, en route for London. She brings 33,000 ounces of gold. She landed 11 passengers. A great robbery has been committed on board. She left Melbourne November 4, rounded Cape Horn December 13, and crossed the Line Decem ber 29. Much ice, some of a very gorgeous appearance, was observed in the South Pacific. One ice island seven miles long was passed, and one berg grazed. In fact, the ship was obliged to heave to on several occasions to avoid collision. The golddust brought by the Wellesley is 33,000 ounces, valued at £132,000, and with passengers 100 ounces, valued at £4OO. The cargo consists of 1,274 bales wool, 114 casks tallow, 42 casks hides, 269 bales leather, 59 bales sheep skins, 2,550 bags copper ore, and 60 packages sundries. She embarked 50 passengers, one of whom, Mr. Henriquez, died on the passage. She also lost Mr. Eyre, a midshipman, by death. A considerable numer of small vessels were seen in the South Atlantic. The Bucephalus, homeward bound, from Valparaiso. The Wellesley has landed three mail bags here. The Roxburgh Castle, from Melbourne, has passed up Channel. PARIS, JAN. 22. The Moniteur in its bulletin of to-day says : " The presence at Gaeta of the Ministers of Austria, Spain, Saxony, Bavaria, and Portugal, was not foreign to the resolution of the King to continue his resistance." The Moniteur also states that all the foreign vessels, even those chartered by the King, have left Gaeta. PARIS, JAN. 21. The Patrie says A rumour is current that England, France, and Russia are on the point of coming to an under standing in order to bring aboat a solution of the Danish question by amicable means. Up to this time there has been no manifesto from Francis 11., to the effect that he refuses to surrender Gaeta; but as the fire was yesterday resumed on both sides, his intention to resist to the last can no longer be doubted. It is by mistake that a despatch announces the corvette Mouette as still remaining on the Gaeta station. There is now no station at Gaeta, and the Mouette has gone to Naples. ROME, JAN. 21. The Russian, Prussian, and Portuguese Ministers hare returned here from Gaeta. There now remain at Gaeta the Papal Nuncio and the Ministers of Austria, Spain, Bavaria, and Saxony. PESTH, JAN. 21. The following resolutions of the Emperor have been despatched to the Stadtholder of Buda by the Chancellor of Hungary. " The election to the Committee of the Comitat of those persons who are refugees from the country for political reasons is null and void. Severe punish ments are to be inflicted on all persons who refuse to pay the taxes. "The Comitats are prohibited from making any ordinances in reference to taxes, " A vote of the Diet alone can bring about a change in the tribunals now existing, or in the pre sent civil and penal codes. " The practical establishment of the institutions granted by the Constitution of 1848 is prohibited, and the public functionaries are ordered to oppose it by the most severe measures. In case of refusal the Commitees of the Comitat are to be either sus pended or dissolved. The assemblies of the Comitat have no executive power, and are consequently not to be allowed to issue ordinances. " The Imperial diploma of October 20 will, how• ever, undergo no modification, and the concessions granted to Hungary will remain unabridged." PESTH, JAN. 22. The Imperial manifesto of the 16th inst. was read in yesterday's sitting of the Committee of the Comitat. It was unanimously resolved to adjourn the dis cussion of the same to the General Assembly of the Comitat on the 11th February. VIENNA, SAN. 22. The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Leopold has been conferred on Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador at the Court of St. James. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 21. BOURSE, Jan. 21.—The amount of business still continues very limited, but the market remains firm at the quotations of Saturday, notwithstand ing the arrival of the English funds with a decline of per cent. Threes are now at 67f 25c ; Mobilier, 652 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,371 f 25c ; Northern, 952 f 50c ; Strasburg, 590 f; Southern, 503 f; Medi terranean, 905 f; Austrian, 463 f 75c; Lombard, 462 f 50c. The following were the last quotations:- 41 per per Cents 97 Credit F3ncier 925 Do. end month.... 96 801 Belgian 41 9B 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 401 Roman Bank Shares;.. 2875 —) Austrian .. 6Bi Credit Mobilier 662 50 ) Spanish Threes.... 47i Do. Account 660 ) Home Debt RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. On Monday, the Bank raised the rate of discount from 6 to 7 per cent. the highest rate to which it has gone since the panic of 1857. The Bank of France raised its rate of discount, on the following day from 5} to 7. A great diminution, from £3,000,000 to £4,000,000, in the stock of bulion of the Bank of France, is reported to have taken place since the last month's return. Considerable sums are being withdrawn also from this country for America, as the reserve of notes, on which the Bank of England relies for discount purposes and to meet its demand, was diminished by no less than £1,024,260 by the last return, the bank is again forced into this step of raising the rate. The effect is immediate. It is reported from Manchester that there is a decided suspension of all but indispensable business in yarns and goods. In Staffordshire it is said that the depression is the iron trade " is as great as it has ever been." Throughout the country a feeling of distrust and anxiety will spread day by day. . Thus we begin the year 1861 under anything but cheer ful commercial circumstances. Every hope for the future arising from our successes in China is &pressed, and every cause of alarm, fromthe bad state of the finances in India, is exaggerated by a rise in the rate of discount. Trade was quiet and steady. Speculation dormant. But the moment the rate is raised and the circulating medium con tracted, the commercial machine is then out of gear. There is, as we have repeated again and again, no reason why this should be. It is only from the idiotic system which Peel's Bills have established that tke exportation of a few paltry millions of gold is made to affect the whole commercial relations of the nation. We ask Mr. Gladstone how he expects to raise the enormous amount of taxation with paralyzed trade and de clining commerce ? And this as perfectly unnecessary as it is disastrous.—Derbyskire Courier. The report from Liverpool this morning shows that the news by the Canada of Mississippi and Louisiana having committed themselves to immediate secession has increased the prevailing excitement in the cotton-market, large transactions having taken place at a further advance of id. per lb. The Roxburgh Castle has arrived from Melbourne with 41,708 ounces of gold, worth about £167,000. The other ships known to be out are the Wellesley, 79 days at sea with £131,000 ; the Strathdon, 67 days, with £196,000 ; the Clutha, 66 days, with £95,000 ; the Essex, 65 days, £59,000 ; and the Champion of the Seas, 59 days, with £36,000, THE REPRESENTATION OF BOLTON.-0a Friday evening a large and influential meeting of the members of the Reform Registration Association met in the Tempe rance Hall, Bolton, for the purpose of adopting measures for filling the vacancy in the representation of the borough, which will take place on the assembling of Parliament, in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Crook. Mr. Hey wood, president of the association, occupied the chair, and read a note he had received from Mr. Crook, stating his intention of resigning as soon as Parliament meets. It was then resolved that a requisition should be got up to Mr. Thomas Barnes, who formerly represented the borough, and when sufficiently signed by the electors, that the chair man should present it. On Saturday last the requisition was in course of signature, and was receiving many names. REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEENSHIRE.—The Aberdeen Herald of Saturday says :—" We are glad to see that the Liberal cause in Aberdeenshire is not to be left in the lurch after all. The Hon. Arthur Gordon who, owing to peculiar circumstances, has a much better chance of suc ceeding against the combinations of Tory lairds than any other man in the county, is to come forward as a Liberal candidate in compliance with a requisition which is now in the course of signature. The enthusiasm with which this intimation was received yesterday in the market, and throughout the county, as well as the number of signatures to the rpelli.,;“.. 6LaO Lave boon volunteered. gives ample promise of success to this spirited and judicious movement. Of the qualifications of Mr. Gordon it is hardly necessary to say a word. He possesses all the kindness, _courtesy, and gentleness, and much of the ability and bug ness knowledge and habits, of his late father, combir s ed with sound liberal and independent principles; au' we know that he has endeared himself greatly to the tenant farmers throughout a very large portion of the e r ;unty. He is much liked by the volunteers of the disix ; _ct to which he belongs, and we have no doubt he will 'speedily become a universal favourite in this part of le country. Of the certainty of his willingness ar!'f, desire to come forward there need not be th e " . ..igntest doubt, whatever attempts may be made to create a contrary impression." RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1372 50 .. 1375 Northern New ditto BB5 .. 890 Lyons and Mediterranean 908 75 .. 908 75 Geneva 367 50 .. -- -- Southern 505 .. 50i Western Eastern Sardinian 372 50 .. 375 Austrian Low bard 467 50 .. 467 50 DENMARK. The Greuzboten, a journal published on the Prus sian borders, near Schleswig-Holstein, contains a despatch addressed by Lord John Russell to Mr. Paget, British Minister at Copenhagen, from which it will be seen that the position of Lord John Rus sell relative to the Prussian Government is less unfriendly than certain incomplete information published in the Frankfort Postzeitung and some Berlin correspondence has imagined to be the case. The despatch alluded to says : " FOREIGN OFFICE, Dec. 8, 1860. " Sir,—Enclosed I send you the copy of a d espatch from Baron von Schleinitz to Count Bernatorff, and the answer which I have sent thereto to Mr. Lowther. " You will observe that, in this despatch, I have indi cated the obligations which, according to the views of her Majesty's Government, the King of Denmark is bound in honour to fulfil. I have said—' He is bound not to incor porate Schle sw i g in Denmark, to maintain the representa tive States of Schleswig, as well as to protect the German and Danish nationality in the Duchy of Schleswig.' " Whatever the legal value of the obligations towards Austria and Prussia may be, the Government of her Ma jristy has no doubt that the King of Denmark is bound in honour to fulfil these relations. He has publicly pro claimed them ; and he has made known not only to his subjects, but to the representatives of foreign Powers, that their fulfilment is not only his duty but his interest. "His German subjects should perceive that under hi■ rule they stand in the same legal tight as other Danish fellow-citizens. They will then possess the feeling of a 1 1°3 , 4 dependence on the Danish Government, and the up-I right wishto maintain it undiminished. If, however, in opposition thereto, the education of their children in the public schools, and their religious worship, are denied to them by vexatious regulations—if the Government appears possessed of the wish to oppress the nationality of their subjects of German birth —there can only evil consequences arise. Should the German Diet endeavour to carry out with force their resolutions of last March, as surely the neighbouring duchy of Schleswig will become the scene of agitation, perhaps of disturbances and insurrection. 'Then the King of Denmark would himself make known the value of such conditions on the Schleswig people, and he might in their eyes be suspected of a breach of faith, and might be open to the charge of having lei an intelligent and industrious portion of his subjects into an odious and insubordinate position. Read this despatch in connection with the one addressed to Mr. Lowther to M. Hall, and leave a copy with him. " J. ItussF.T.t." The Mr. Lowther alluded to was the British representative at Berlin during the absence of Lord Bloomfield, and to that gentleman his lordship also addressed a despatch on the same day, but this is not given in a complete form. It, however, is stated to express Lord John Russell's opinion respecting the rights of Germany in respect of Denmark. TER RISTUABINCES IN NEW ZEALAND. The following is a despatch from Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart., to Governor Gore Browne, C. 8., on the sub ject of the disturbances in New Zealand : Downing-street, July 26, 1860. Sir,—l havQ received, and her Majesty's Govern ment has very carefully considered, your recent despatches respecting the disturbances in New Zealand. The present posture of affairs I collect to be this :—that William King and the Taranaki tribes have receded from the immediate neighbourhood of New Plymouth, discouraged apparently by Capt. Cracroft's successful attack on the pah ; that no other tribes have as yet declared themselves on the side of the insurgents ; and that there is reason to hope that none will so declare themselves. But you point out as a matter of much import ance, that the position taken by the Waikatos is one which if persevered in will be inconsistent with the due maintenance of the Queen's authority in the islands. The reinforcements sent from other points of Aus tralia have raised the number of troops in New Zealand to about 1,800 men, besides ♦olunteers,and a naval brigade of about 500 men, furnished from the ships of war which are now on the coast of New Zealand. There are now four, and will shortly be five such ships. Ido not, however, collect from your despatches that any volunteers have offered to come forward in aid of her Majesty's Government, except those per sons who have armed in defence oftheir own homes, or have been compelled to leave them. Under these circumstances you and your advisers request that three regiments of infantry and one of artillery may be sent out, partly in order to pro vide against the possibility of a general rising of the natives, and partly in order to enable you to take, under any circumstances that may occur, a commanding tone respecting the various questions at issue between the settlers and the Maories. The native secretary, I observe, has remarked that with less than 5,000 troops involving an ex pense of about £150,000 per annum) it would not be possible to defend all the outlaying settlements in the colony ; Mr. Richmond closes his able and interesting Memorandum with the following words : " Justice, therefoie, and humanity require that England should freely recognise the onerous duties cast upon her by the colonisation of New Zealand. To avert such calamities as seem to impend, it is indispensable to place at the disposal of the gover nor a military and naval force adequate to support him in a policy of equal justice to the two races which have been placed by Providence in a relation to each other so singular and difficult." I must at once say that in the present position of affairs, and with the demand for troops which exists, or may be expected in other quarters, it is impossible for her Majesty's Government to comply with your desire to receive 3,000 or 4,000 soldiers in addition to your present force. Measures, how ever, have been taken to despatch the 14th Regi ment at once for the relief of the 65tn, which will be allowed to remain in the colony for the present in case on the arrival of the 14th the immediate danger should not have passed over. I trust that it will have passed over, and if this should prove the case, I cannot but believe that wise govern ment and prudent conduct on the part of the set tlers will do far more than increased military force to maintain the relations between the Europeans and natives on a satisfactory footing. Meantime I must observe that although it is the desire of her Majesty's Government to provide fully for the performance of those duties which the coun try owes to her colonies, I cannot silently accept what appears to be the colonial estimate of their re sponsibilities. England cannot undertake the defence, against a nation of warlike savages, of a number of scattered farms or villages, selected not with any view to such defence, but the profitable pursuit of peaceful in dustry, and subject to the risks which naturally attend the occupation of land in the midst of an uncivilised population. Nor can her Majesty's Government undertake to provide such a force as will secure the colonies against prospective difficulties. Immediate and imminent dangers must be met as they arise. But the policy which requiries the continual presence of a large force carries in most cases its condemna tion on its face. What is the degree of protection which the in habitants of a British colony are entitled to expect from the home government is a matter on which it is impossible to speak in the abstract. It is no doubt necessary to punish aggression, to defend the cen• tres of population, to maintain a hold upon the keys of the country. But beyond this the amount of as sistance given must depend on the demands to which the military and naval forces of the country are subjected elsewhere, and on the urgency of the case, as shown not merely by demands for assistance but by the disposition of the colonists to adopt their share of the necessary expenses ; to incur for the defence of their neighbours the dangers and incon veniences of personal service, and to place in the hands of the Home Government the power of con trolling the treatment of those whom they are called upon to subdue. And I connot refrain from observing that neither of your despatches nor Mr. Richmond's memoran dum indicate any definite intention on the part of the colonists to contribute to the expense of the troops whom they demand—that the volunteering appears to be confined to the particular localities threatened—and that Mr. Richmond, while calling upon the Home Government to adopt the expenses of the war, does not even hint at the propriety of investing it with any larger powers than they at present possess for dealing with the native ques tion out of which these expenses arise. I nay add that a bill introduced into Parliament to provide an effectual machinery for the exercise by the Crown of the powers reserved to it by the Constitution Act is threatened with a determined opposition by a gentleman professing to represent the feelings of the colonists. This you will perceive on perusing a punphlet which I enclose in another despatch. I allude to these circumstances not, of course, as relieving the Home Government from the duty of supporting the colony against a pressing danger, but because they must materially affect the dispo sition of the British Government and people to un dertake that indefinite expenditure of blood and treasure to which Mr. Richmond invites them.—l have, &c., " G. C. LEWIS. " Governor Gore Browne, &c." ALGIERS AND TOULON SUBMARINE CABLE.—We noticed on a recent occasion the accident to the screw ship William Cory by collision with the French frigate Gomer, on the 15th December, when in the act of laying down the submarine cable from Toulon to Minorca. On the evening of the 11th inst. the William Cory, after having undergone the necessary repairs, proceeded from Toulon, accompanied by the French Government corvette the Caton, in search of the buoy which had been attached to the cable after the accident ; and four days after found it with the flag shaft and flag flying above. The William Cory waited one day for fine weather, and then picked up the buoy, which was safely got on board. The rope attached to it was at once connected with the steam-engine placed on board expressly for the purpose, which was then put in motion, and in a short time the rope was hauled on board to a length of 1,000 fathoms, when suddenly it appeared to lose the strain which it had been bearing, and when 400 fathoms more were raised, the discovery was made that a kink had been formed in the buoy rope, at which spot it had parted at a depth of 1,400 fathoms, being the depth of the sea at that point. It thus appears that by the breaking of the buoy rope, which was attached to the part of the cable that had been cut, the cable' itself is lost. This experiment relative to the placing of a buoy, although not entirely successful, is a very important fact in favour of deep sea telegraphs, hav ing established that a buoy and its necessary appliances fer the purpose of raising a cable, can be so constructed as to survive most tempestuous weather for an indefinite period, in water nearly two miles deep, thereby affording an oppor tunity for repairs in the event of an aecident, whilst lay ing. It is firmly believed that the cause of the present failure is at present so clearly understood that a remedy against the recurrence of such an event will in future ope quttely provided against ration,s be Ade 4 LAW LYTE. THIS DAY), COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) PETITION' FOR JUDGMENT.-IN RE ADAMS. The testator, by his will, devised his lands of Farmhall and several other pieces of land in the parish of Ware to trustees for the uses of his trust. The trustees sold the lands, and there was a surplus over after paying his debts ; and the question raised was to whom did the residue belong. Ills Honour the Vice-Chancello, referred to the decision by Lord Eldon in the case of White v. Bennett, 2 and 4 Russell, as an authority in point, and came to the conclu sion that the surplus price belonged to the person to whom the lands of Farmhall were originally devised, after the uses of the trust were satisfied, and that the lands in the parish of Ware were only subsidiary or auxiliary lands to supply the wants of the trust in the event of the lands of Farmhall being insufficient, and declared accordingly, with costs of all parties properly incurred out of the estate. COURT OF DIVORCE (Before the Judge Ordinary.) RYVES V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. This case was adjourned on Monday last for the production of the original register of baptism, at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool. The lady, who conducts her case in person, claims to be a niece of George 111., and prays the court to pronounce her the legitimate daughter of John Thomas Serres and Olive, his wife. The Judge Ordinary, addressing the lady, said ho was sorry to inform her that the gentleman refuses to permit the book required to leave his custody for a single hour. He had no objection to attend the court if subpsnaed. Mrs. Ityves—l am quite prepared to pay the expenses of the gentleman's attendance. The Judge Ordinary—Very well. You can hare a subpama, which can be transmitted to Liverpool this even ing by post, and the gentleman can be in attendance on Thursday. Mrs. Ityves—l feel mush obliged for your kindness. I will despatch the messenger immediately. GURNEY V. GURNEY AND TAYLOR. This was a petition presented by John Henry Gurney for dissolution of his marriage with Mary Geary Gurney, on the ground of adultery with the co. respondent Taylor. An answer had been put in by the respondent and co respondent denying the adultery. The Solicitor-General, Dr. Waddelove, and Mr. Crouch appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Maneaby and Dr. Spinks appeared for Mrs. Gurney. The co-respondent was not represented by counsel. The Solicitor-General, in opening the case, said the petitioner in this suit was John Henry Gurney, a gentle man of wealth and influence, and one of a large banking firm carrying on business at Norwich and other places. He was also one of the representatives of the borough of King's Lynn in Parliament. The parties were married at All Souls' in June, 1846. Mr. Gurney was then of the age of 26, and the lady was at the time about 16 or 17. At the death of the lady's mother she became possessed of a large private fortune. The country house of Mr. Gurney was at Tatton Hall, near Norwich, and the town residence was at Kensington Palace Gardens. The co-respondent was a person named William Taylor, who was in the employ of Mr. Gurney as footman, and so continued for about the space of three years, when he was dismissed from his ser vice, and the elopment took place a very short time after— viz., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1859. The lady, previous to hoe separation from her husband, however, wrote and left the following letter : "My poor Husband,—l have left you and tho poor chil dren, but you know my heart has long been anotherio, and I cannot be happy with you any l onger . P ra y sen d my luggage and small articles to 216, Marylebone-road. My God forgive me and preserve you and the poor child ren.—Your poor, miserable wife, " MARX GEARY GURNEY." The learned counsel then went through the circumstances of the residence of Mrs. Gurney with the co-respondent. The lady after quitting her husband's roof wont to reside at a house in the Marylebone• road, the apartments having previously been engaged by Taylor. A Mr. Simpson, from Mr. Field's private information office in Devereux-court, in company with some of the servants, afterwards went there for the purpose of identifying Mrs. Gurney, in which they succeeded, when the respondent and co respondent left London for Folkestone on route to Paris. He should call evidence to prove that at both places they lived together as man and wife, and the evidence would be such as he felt certain would enable the court to grant the prayer of the petitioner. The following witnesses were then examined : Frederick Henry Bartlett—l produce a copy of the certi ficate of marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Gurney at All Souls' Church in 1846. I have examined it with the original and found it correct. Henry Edmond Gurney—l am a partner in the firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co. lem petitioner's first cousin. He is a banker at Norwich. I was p'resent at his marriage. I know the parties before the ceremony. I was in the habit of visiting them. My wife also visited them occasionally. They appeared after marriage to live on ♦ery good terms. There are two children now living. Their ages are 13 or 14 and five. Thomas Whiteley—l am in the service of the petitioner as under butler. I entered his employ on the 30th of May, 18 , 59. I found William Tayor living there as footman. I remember that in November of that year I was at 'rattan. Hall, near Norwich. William Taylor left Mr. Gurney's employ on the 21st of that month. Mr. and Mrs. Gurney removed after that to their town residence in Kensington palace-gardens, on the 12th of December—a Monday. On the morning following, the 13th, Mrs. Gurney was not to be found in the house. I took the letter produced out of the letter• box. I know the handwriting. It was Mrs. Gurney's. I gave it to Mr. Gurney. [The letter was the ono read by the Solicitor-General, and given above.] I took the things to the Marylebone-road. I saw Mrs. Gurney at the window of the house 216. I went with a gentleman named Simpson to a hotel in Paris. I there saw Mrs. Gurney and William Taylor. I saw them both in a sitting room numbered 411. Thomas Mayhew—l am groom in the service of the peti tioner. I have been in Mr. Gurney's service about six years. William Taylor lived there as footman. I accom panied the family in a tour round the Isle of Wight in 1859. William Taylor was with us. We returned to Tatton Hall in the November of the same year. Taylor then left. I came up to town with the servants on the 14th of December, and Mrs. Gurney was not at the house in Kensington Palace-gardens. I accompanied the last wit ness to 216, Marylebone-road. Mrs. Gurney was asked for, and I saw her. Mr. Simpson was with me. After Mr. Sitntson had turned his back I asked for William Taylor. I saw hitn. Mr. Simpson also saw Taylor. Mrs. Johnsworthy—l reside at 216, Marylebone-road. I let lodgings. I knew William Taylor; he is a connes tion of mine, but not a relative. He came to my house in December, 1859, to engage apartments. He said ho wanted them for a lady and himself. He engaged them. A lady afterwards came ; it was on Tuesday, the 13th of Deoem ber. William Taylor said he wanted apartments for a few' nights for a lady who was going abroad. In the evening the lady said if some luggage came for Mrs. Gurney I was to take it in. The luggage came. They occupied the dining-room floor, and William Taylor had a bed on the top floor. They occupied the same sitting room. They took their meals together. No person visited them. I recollect a Mr. Simpson coining to my house. They remained at my house about a week. They left together. I don't know where they went. John Simpson—l am principal assistant to Mr. Field, of Devereux-court, Strand. I recollect going to 216 Maryle bone-road. Messrs. Sharp and Mayhew went with me. I saw a lady there, and also a man. Mayhew was present when I saw both persons. On the 20th December following I went to Folkestone. On the 22d I saw the same persona there in the neighbourhood of the pier. I ascertained they were staying at the Pavilion Hotel. I went there and saw two chambermaids. I pointed the parties out to them. I afterwards went to Paris. I saw the same lady and gentle man at the Hotel Louvre. Ann Fowler—ln December, 1859, I was living at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. I recollect a lady and gentle man coming there. Simpson pointed them out to me on the 20th of December. Those two persons had been living there until Friday the 23d. They occupied the same apart ments and the same bed, and lived together as an and wife. No questions were put to the witnesses by the counsel for Mrs. Gurney. The Attorney-General—That is the case, my lord. The Judge Ordinary—l think you have established your case. You can have a rule nisi. The Solicitor-General—l would ask your lordship to suspend the rule until the question of the settlements are disposed of. The Judge—As you please. The Solicitor-General—Then I formally ask the MIME sion of the rule until I know what the practice of the cry is. The Judge Ordinary —There is no practice on tlo The question was before me the other day, an e no doubt you know what I said. It is most e'lbarrassing that I should be called upon to deride a ques tion of settlements without any statement as to the facts. It is like navigating, as I said before, without either chart or compass, and I must say yor. client has not done much to assist me. He has preseiaed a petition and a long statement without giving me do t i-uough the stat emen t. It s h ou ld abstract. It would take hours from me to go is of op h r and then I s h ou ld k now w h a t have been prteb'e wife Gone, f o e n e really, . the property I must also know some thing about the property of the father before I decide the question. Under what section of the act do you proceed ? The Solicitor -General—Under the 45th section of the first act. The Judge-Ordinary—By that I may order such settle ments to be made out of the property for the innocent party end the children. That, of course, would depend upon the property the innocent party already possessed. It is * very diffirmilt point. It is not before the court at present. I am not, therefore, prepared to decide anything without I have the elements before me. The S olicitor -General—The information shall be sup plied to the court. The rtilQ yygg fiCeordiugly suspended for a short time. Co Ito bit is a Pa St( Qat Lot liar. Lai Ball a p e 3 pe Nei, 8 p e Ind CON E xe Bra; mi", Rlis Spa/ Tur: Dub D the for i conl gtil 1161 Pri ini