The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

, ;istered Feb. 2 . )rtali ty ;t3 cor • 'nor' ! ceding itu thig o f 330 ref ore, weeks D 3 3 . 5 . e ather rly 7 0 aiding 473 of a n the 5 were of the wards• 4 end I YPb us ;9 per list riot are'' 'die; ~~ ~ 4 wr 0 Tur AP 17 ..s. .1.1" AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoog. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very steadily, but without the least animation, and eotoprtred with Friday's rates prices of all kinds were the same. The sales were estimated at from 7,000 to 8,000 hales—consisting of 2,000 American, export, 500 speculation ; 40 Pernam and M4ran ham qd., 110 Bahia sld. to 61d., 500 Egyptian Gid. to 71d., 1,000 Surats 3id. to 4fd., 500 on speculation, and 100 Sea Islands ls. to 2s. 2d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was firm, and an advance in prices was manifested. _ _ An interesting statement of the progress of the different railways throughout France in their ex tensicn and amount of receipts during the past year, and compared with 1854, has come to hand. The aggregate of these returns shows that the length of the railways traversing the French terri tory during 1855,was 5,048 kilometres. The total amount of receipts on the different lines for pas senger and goods traffic was 269,258,810 f., giving an average of 53,340 f. per kilometre. During the previous year the distance traversed by the trains Was 4,337 kilometres, and the receipts averaged 45,663 f., showing an increase in favour of 1855 of 7,677 f. per kilometre, or at the rate of 16.1 per ent. Accounts frbm Munich announce that the Go vernment of Bavaria have brought forward a mea sure in the Legislative Chamber, analogous to the Income tax of this country, in order to make up the deficiency in the revenues of the State, which are exceeded by the expenditure. This impost will be levied upon all persons having an annual income above 200 florins (somewhere about 201.). When proposed by the Minister of Finance, this bill met with considerable opposition by the Legislature, 'but ultimately the Government succeeded in pass ing the measure by a majority of nine votes. Considerable - satisfaction has been expressed at th e promptitude with which the financial accounts for the year ending the 31st December last have been placed before the public. It is almost unneces sary to say that these returns have excited much attention in the City, as upon them opinions are formed of the probable measures which will have to be resorted to by the Govern ment, to provide means for the outlay of the current year. The total expenditure was 8 4,505,7881. 103. 9d., and the revenue 63,364,6051. 2 s. Bd., leaving a deficit of 21,141,1831. Bs. ld. This at first sight appears extremely unsatisfactory, but it must be borne in mind that the loan for 1 6,000,0001., and the sums otherwise raised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, are not included, as they cannot, strictly speaking, be denominated income. When these items are taken into account, it appears that at the beginning of this Year there was a balance of 3,688,6001. in favour of the company, besides which the Chancellor still had authority to issue 3,500,0001. Exchequer Bills. It is thus evident, however, that the amount now standing to the credit of the Government must be exceedingly reduced, and fresh financial opera tions will, no doubt, be announced at an early date. Most parties are prepared for a large loan, as Whether peace or war is determined upon, such a treasure is considered unavoidable. The Funds were rather unfavourably affected at the commencement of business, upon the publica tion of the Revenue Returns, but a rally occurred when it was found that they were not so un favourable as was at first imagined. Since then the market has become comparatively buoyant, the rise in Consols having been to l per cent. The Prices for money from 901 have advanced to 901 1 2 1 ) and the Marsh quotations are 914 to 911. The dew 3 per Cents. have been 911 to 92, and the Reduced 90:', to 91k. India Stock has been at 22 2, 2231, and 2241. Exchequer Bills are 9s. and 4 s. discount. The Foreign Securities are generally steady. Russian 5 per Cents. are, however, heavy at 1041, Turkish 6 per Cents. at 93/, aid the guaranteed 4 Per Cents. at 1001. Sardinian are firm at 90, and Mexican rule steady at 20g. Peruvian have improved to 80 and 81. There have been dealings in Austrian 5 per Cents. at 103, Brazilian Fives at 1021, Equador at 51, Grenada New Active 20 to 20i, ditto Deferred at 61, Venezuela 4k per Cents. at 28, and ditto Deferred 121. Dutch 21 per Cents. are fiat, being 61. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6171; Mexican, 20 i k ; Peruvian, 80 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 7 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 9 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 92 4 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42:1 3 ; ditto Deferred, 231. 41 ; ditto Certificates, 6 The market for English Railways is quiet and some of the quotations are under yesterday's range. Br►ghton, however, as well as Midland, South• Western, and a few others are well maintained. Foreign shares, including Paris and Lyons, Lyons and Geneva, and Antwerp and Rotterdam are at a trifling advance. The Colonial are in limited re quest. Mining Shares remain very inactive, and Banks are without much alteration. Egyptian Bank are fully 4 prem., and the Pernambuco Railway g Prem. Royal Mail Steam are steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. hroTn the Official Lin. ansine9. done. Sauk Stock a per gent. ttedweed Annuities.„ 8 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9O 1 New 3 p er C on t. Annuities ..„ Lon g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 3 9-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1660 ... 34 5.16 India Stock tlobsois der Account . 903 • lt - 903. i Erchognor Bills, 24d. £lOOO. .. £5OO 4d t Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent tai 8 Ditto, 1859 .. • . PRICES OF FOREIGN - FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian 80nd5,,5 per Cent. 13 rasilien Bonds, 5 per Cent. }i cinador Bonds Grenada New Active, 1' per Cent. Ditto Deferred 63 Greek Bonds 6l kimxican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 203 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cont. Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St lO4l Ditto 4 per Cent Ditto Small 94 eardlnian Bon.Zs, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account SP , inien Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 23i 4 i Turkial Bonds, ti per cent 931 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO3 Ditto Account ... . eneeuola Bonds, 4 per Cent! 2B Ditto Deferred, 1. per Cent.. l2i Dividends on the above payable in London. keigian, 2} per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Pitt.) 4 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs...... — 9 5 i butch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Gull 64 THREE 'CLOCK. Consols, money 0i 1 Ditto Account (February 7) DISCOVIRY OF VALUABLE TRON ORE NEAR LEEDS.- - In excavating for coal at the Rock Colliery, Nippet-lane, Burrnantofte, near Leeds, the proprietors have recently discovered a very valuable seam of iron ore, which ?i said to be a continuation of the Low Moor seam. This iron ore the proprietors of the eolliery have been sup plying to the Low Moor Iron Company, and its quality, on being duly tested, was found to be the same as that of the Low Moor bed. The Farnley Iron Company have just purchased 100 acres of land in the neighbour hood, and are now driving a shaft to get the mineral. It is anticipated that the smelting of the stove will be effected on the spot by the Fernley Iron Company, which has the merit of considerable enterprise, and, if so, a very gnat development of traffic and labour will take place in this already thriving part of the town. --Manchester Guardian. SUDDEN PEATY' OF A SENTRY.—A detachment of the 2d Regiment of Grenadiers of the Garde Imp6riale Was on duty, two days back, in the guardhouse at Pont Tournant (the principal entrance of the gardens of the Tuileries). In the night, a corporal with some men Went out to relieve the sentinels, and be was greatly surprised, on approaching one who had been placed on the terrace, not only not to hear from him the usual cry of " Qt,i vive ?'' but even net to receive an answer to his own challenge. Going to the sentry-box he found no one, and on looking about he discovered the sentinel lying flat on the ground without movement. lie caused Idin to be removed to the guardhouse, but a medi cal man who was called in declared that he had died of apoplexy. The man, named Heyraud, who was only 26 Years of age and very strongly built, had not complained of any indi. po4ition. 5 5 2t) 10 20 5 20 18 Sta. 8 '2, THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 6, 1856. !i3t7.'!4lkYv Compaup Basiness done Wit day. 51 9 i i 19} 961 1 76 1241 65 6 41 51 St. Rt. St. 25 all all all 1.00 Bedford and Wiltskontret PIE.FE: London &I N. Wort. L&N.W. Caledon... E. Un. E. C..... at. ry rtr it. E. Count. Caldoniau. Gt. Westi Yk. New. Berw. Y. &N Do Do . Easton !Pet° k Co. Norfolk Do L. & N. W & Midla Stckton & Darlingt. Midland. • En. Coun. .E. Count. D 0... Do Do fat Northn Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassoy M. Meloan Stockt. & Darlingt Do lqtWi IU N Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Do. 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G. 5 p.c 1 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. Do. New Guar.6 p. o. Do. do. 5 par cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. 100 Lon.& S. W. 7 por ct till Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. SI , 10, Do. £6 all Nis.rypt .&Carl.4p o all Du. 4. per cent 10' Do Pta 81i i 801 i 98+ 1001 1 151 94 3} 694 9 i 9 i 74& f It 62i 72 7Pa 20 St. St. St. 10 St 26 13A 20. 100 100 10!) 100 1100 1100 100 I Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 1)o. Con.Br.Thr. 6p( 100 Do. 4i p„ c. Pref. S all kilo. Pref. V, loci. cer all ,Do. PrPf. 4p. a 100 , Ditto L. &H. Prof. S all t New., Mar., &c., pr f 5 p. c. red. 5 p e. all Norfolk Debenture 100 llDo.Pref. 4p. o. St ek 1(X) rD0.45 p. c. Ext 100 ;Do. 5A per ct.pref... 100 'Do.Viav,,Va.l. 5 p. c. 100 North British. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c. P 7 Do. do. d 0.... 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 iDo. do. Quarters 10 Do.Yorkli.& g. 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Stock. & Ilartl. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 ;Watend. & Kilk.4 p c 1 Igu' tr i* = 111 133 94 5 , 6 1 4 ••-• •'• ... } ". ..-. *** 99 - 101 90 - 92 5 - 5i .• ... 1 id ••• ••• 13i - 14 23 - a 95 - 97 91 -- 91 ••• --- ••. 24 - 24, yr4SIXED LtENTAI*I' this Sity . 13 -- ISi 23; -• 246 1076 -- 1126 74 - 8 3 - 31a -32 i 83 -- 85 1111 133 J MS clay. MINES. 1 all Ague. Fria ...... ..... .• 1 all .nglo Austrin. Gold 10s all . Anglo Californian 20 64 '‘ustralian 1 all tustraliau Cordillera - 1 all Ire Maria, .• - ••• 1 all Baden (G•l•Diachy of, - 60 all Blamar. Iron & Coa',4 20 14 British Iron 3 - 5 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue at .t. 5 pm.) - 24 30 all Do. Cocaes Cuiab 20 15 Do. St. John Dclney 27 - 29 1 a Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4) all cobre Coppor 65 - 67 66 7 5 1 ', l olonial Gold St. all !;upper Min. of Eug 34 - 37 25 i all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 25 - 27 10 CoPlaPo - fe3 2 14 N'ortuna A - id 20 - 16 1 all Gt.NnvgetVqinßog 41 ail cireal. Polnnoth - 21 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • id 1 all Liberty 3 all f,,inares 64 - 7i 5 14 busitanian ; 1 all Niariquita ........ - 1 ail New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde - RO all • outgi•Sil.& Le. Min l2 14 5 1 Port Philip - 1 all Quartz Rock. - 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 - '2l x d 15 all Do. New 6 - 8 x d 30 13? zlantiavn de Cuba.. 24 - 3 24 • Cs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. ... - 1 all kontii Australian.. . -- 1 all Do. Scrip N 1 1 4 ! Do. 10 per cent Prof - 4 Tam. S. &L, Min. Co. 34 3 10 t 9 lin Croft 4i 5i 284 all United Mexican a 1 ll Waller ariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia N. •••• 1 ail Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 1 ,5 19 Australian Agrieult. 254 - 264 ie all Australn. Royal Mai - Itl all Berlin Water Works 64 - 74 50 Brit. American Lam . 47 - 50 IM; 24 Canada X27 - 132 131 30 PA. 1(0 0.140. 6 P.e. Tar Ma1),1074 1084 108 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug Ng 110 St o . 100 .0 eiDo.y.s6tpal p . c. a b ia la c ? .. Sep£ 103 110 2i 5 all Do. 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Can . 101 2A4 r ' Tsi n..•n'& .1,1: 155 16 " V.Go.6p,c,Jan&July :1 i f 4' t 4 V P ritt 41'. I+W % e tc l "'We' -.L.! ***" .W SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TURKEY. The following letter, dated the 24th, has been received from Constantinople : "The sensation produced by the news of the accept. ance by Russia of the Austrian propositions has by no means subsided here. The speedy conclusion of peace is fully believed, and a day or two ago it was rumoured that an armistice would be proclaimed forthwith. "There is reason to fear that the unlooked-for change in the policy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg may pro duce a certain degree of perturbation in the trade of Constantinople. Immense quantities of provisions had been purchased on the certainty of the continuation of the campaign, and if, as there is reason to believe, peace Le made, great losses will accrue to houses that deeply engaged in the provision trade in the expectation of the energetic resumption of hostilities. " Conferences are held daily at the Seraskierate on the question of the situation of the Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire. The Grand Vizier takes part in them, as also the French and English Ambassadors, and Prince Callimaki. The Turkish Government seems most favour able to reform, and the most satisfactory results are ex pected. The French Ambassador has received from the Sultan the decoration of the Medjidie of the first class. " The 3d Regiment of the Anglo-German Contingent has lately arrived at Constantinople. It has established its encampment on the plain contiguous to Kululee, and which contains already 4,000 men. Gen. Shirley has ar rived at Constantinople, and leaves to-day fur Varna ; the outrages committed lately by the Bashi-Bazouks ren der the presence of the General in that place necessary. Apropos of Varna, I have to mention that after various operations it has been discovered that the submarine telegraph was broken about 25 miles from Cape St. George. A portion of the wire has been found, but the weather is not yet favourable to the operations necessary for searching for the other portion. Baron Tecco, the Sardinian Minister, leave; Constan tinople on Monday next for Turin. The First Secretary will take charge during Lis absence. Mr. James Brant, English Consul at Erzeroum, has been appointed to the same post at Damascus. My last letters from the Crimea are of the 19th, but they mention no fact of impor tance. The weather was still fine. The north forts had almost entirely ceased their fire, though it was not believed that the Russians were aware of the accept ance of the Austrian propositions. General Lebceuf, who had been sent by Marshal Pelissier to Kinbourn, in anticipation of an attack from the Russians, has re turned to the Crimea. General Vivian has made the greatest efforts to comple.e the fortifications of Kertch and its environs. The Circassian deputation, whose arrival from Anapa I announced in my last letter, left the day before yesterday for Trebizond, wheuce it pro ceeds directly to the head-quarto-a of Omer Pacha." CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Justices Wightman and Willes.) THE MURDER IN THE MINORIES. At the sitting of the Court this morning Thomas Wil liam John Corrigan, described in the calendar as a la bourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of Louisa Corrigan. Mr. Payne prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Lewis defendel. The prisoner at first pleaded guilty, but after wards pleaded not guilty. He is a gentlemanly-looking, well-dressed young man, with nothing in his general appearance to indicate any ferocity of temper. His features are somewhat dull and heavy, and from the dreamy, apathetic manner in which he stood at the front of the dock whilst the evidence was being given, he seemed like a man who was recovering from a long career of drunkenness. Mr. Payne having briefly recapitulated the facts, and in so doing intimated that the defence would, in all probability, be that the prisoner was nct at the time of the commission of the offence responsible for his acts, called the first witness, who said—l am the wife of Thomas Fearon. I was upon Christmas-day at Mr. Burton's in the Minories. Pri soner and his wife, myself and husband, Mr. Marley, and others were there. I went at five o'clock in the after noon, and remained there all night. The men sat up and we went to bed. We had been playing at cards in the evening. I saw the prisoner leave the room in the morn ing to go to the warehouse and be wished me " Good morning ;" that was about nine o'clock, and he was going to the East India warehouse where ho was employed. The prisoner and his wire Eyed at 7, Selby-street, Water loo Town, Bethnal Green. The two eldest children of the prisoner were lodging at my house. The prisoner came into the room where I was with Mrs. Corrigan and looked very cross. He said to her "you should have come home and looked at the baby first." I said the baby was all right. He then said he would have tea at home. I advised him to go to Mr. Burton's. He ob jected to go for some time, but afterwards agreed. He said he iliould prefer his tea at home, but afterwards said, " Very well, I will have a wash and go." We started, and it rained very hard. The prisoner said, " Are wo to get wet, or shall we have a cab !" We had a cab, and the prisoner seemed more cheerful. The horse shied, and the cab was nearly overturned. The prisoner seemed to care nothing about it, and did not offer to assist tr. We got to Mr. Burton's about 4 o'clock. We went into the bed-room to take our wet clothes off, and the prisoner and Mr. Pearon were left iu the sitting room. We did not shut the bed room door, but had scarcely been in the room one minute when I observed the prisoner upon the landing that is between the sitting-room and the bed-room. There is a gate on the top of the stairs, and fro:n the sound I fan cied somebody was opening it. I called out, "Is that you, Tom ?" He made no answer, but came into the room, walking hastily. He drew Mrs. Corrigan towards the bed. I said to him " What are you doing ?" He then commenced striking her, and I rushed towards him and tried to eeparate them, but could not. I put up my hands and felt pain in my arm. I screamed out "Murder" several times, and the wife screamed, but prisoner said nothing. The de ceased was lying on the bed, and he struck her with his right hand, but where about the body I cannot say. I did not know that he had anything in his hand. I rushed down stairs and Mr. Marley over took me, and I told him what had happened. I ran to the doctor's as my own arm was bleeding. When I got about four doors from Mr. Burton's I turned round and saw the deceased fall upon the steps. When I got to Mr. Cook's, the surgeon's, I saw the deceased carried in by four men. I have known the prisoner between 11 and 12 years. He had been drinking, but the wash seemed to refresh him. I could tell he bad been drink ing, because be looked wild about the eyes, as he gene rally did when he had been drinking. They lived rather unhappily together. Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—He always be haved kindly to his wife that ever we saw. Wu have seen her violent upon some occasions. He always treated her kindly when sober. The prisoner has been given to the habit of drinking some years—most particu larly these last six months. Both prisoner and deceased spoke about his having suffered from delirium, tremens. She said that week she had to sit up with him all night, as he had fancied that something was at the head of his bed. When I left them in the morning they were all drinking. Prisoner had been drinking all the week before. He had upon the previous night struck a young man whom he Lad never seen before. His eyes looked so wild and bad that'everybody remarked it. I never knew him to be jealous of his wife. His wife was sometimes violent, and he was always mild to her when sober. She had tried to scratch his face, and he merely held her hands. We have not seen a very great deal of them these last two years. Re-examined by Mr. Payne—lt was about two years ago that I saw his wife try to scratch his face. Have not seen much of them together lately. I believe he al ways attended' regularly to his bu,iness. He was a commodore or foreman at the East India Docks. Ann Burton—l live in Church-street, in the Minories, and am a married woman. Have known the prisoner and his wife about five years. They came to our house about five in the afternoon of Christmas day. He seemed happy and cheerful. About eleven at night he seemed to change, and said he was very ill. His wife said, and well he might be, as he had been drinking soma mouths before. The witness then gave evidence similar to the first witness, as to the prisoner and men being left up drinking, and said that when he went out in the morning:to the docks he had two cupsof cocoa, which he drank standing, being in a great hurry. He came again in the afternoon, and left my room to go to his wife, who was in my bedroom, and beard faint screams at first, and then violent ones. As I went towards the bedroom some one rushed by me. I was so excited that I did not know who it was. When I got into the room I found prisoner had forced his wife on my child's bed, and was stabbing her about the body. He held the knife in his right hand. After some struggling, I forced the knife from him, and de ceased was gob out of the room. I locked the knife in an iron safe. I asked the prisoner if he knew what he had done, and he made no answer. I have known pri soner and his wife about 12 years. Cros3-examined—l had no opportunity cf observing how they lived together. I saw the prisoner very often. I never saw him out of temper. He was a very quiet, harmless man. When I saw him with the knife in h s *hand he looked very wild and agitated. I bhook him and a9ked him what he had done or what he meant to do. Edward Bruton—l am an optician, in Church-street, Minories. I remember prisoner and his wife being at our house on Christmas-day. I sax the prisoner the day after Christmas-day, and he was in my company from six o'clock on Christmas night till nine in the morning. He had bad some drink, but not more than would be found in the most rational society. Prisoner breakfasted hurriedly, as ho had to get to business. Ho did not appear intoxicated then. He looked remarkably strange 'at times' during the night, after the ladies had retired. After he bad left in the morning I saw him again (about half-past twelve). He then said " Wrere is my mistress ?" I said, in the other room. He then left my house, and I saw no more of him. Later in the afternoon tLe prisoner came into the sit ting-room where I was, and almost immediately run out again. I then heard screams and I rushed into the bed-room, and there saw my wife holding the pri soner in a lying position. I assisted my wife in getting the knife away from the prisoner. I saw Mr. Corrigan afterwards at Mr. Cook's surgery. I never saw him in such a state as he was then in my life. Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—l have seen him intoxicated and his appearance then was different to what he seemed then. He had a wild glaring of the eyes, and I never saw him look so strange. All the night that he sat up he seemed lost, and not as drunk. I have known him nearly 1G years, and have associated with him intimately. lam sorry to say I have seen his wife provoking him. I never saw him attempt to strike her iu my life, but I have seen her strike him. I led him down stairs after the transaction, and gave him into cus tody. Sarah Brown, servant to Mrs. Burton, gave similar evidence. Atter some further evidence merely corroborating that which has already: appeared, the case closed when Mr. Ballantine addressed the jury for the defence, and the learned judge having summed up the jury retired. The jury having been absent for about a quarter of an hour returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Justice Wightmaa then passed the sentence of death, telling the prisoner that he could not hold out to him the slightest hopes of mercy. NOVELTY IN BANKRUPCL—At the Liverpool Bank. ruptcy Court yesterday, at the dividend meeting in re Thomas Walker, formerly proprietor of the Clare n.ont Hotel in that town, Mr. Frodsham, attorney for the assignees, congratulated the creditors on the fact that through the instrumentality of the Bankruptcy Court they would not only receive their debts in full but interest likewise. Mr. Commissioner Perry said there had been several similar cases in the court recently. Walker, the bankrupt, absconded to America some time ago. It was thought he had committed suicide, as the mangled remains of a man, supposed to be Walker, were found, soon atter he absconded, on one of the local lines of railway. It has since been ascertained that he went to America. THE NEW ORDER OF VALCUR. (From, Last Night's Gazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, FEB. 5, 1856. The Queen has been pleased, by an instrument under her Royal Sign Manual, of which the following is a copy, to institute and create a new naval and military decora tion, to be styled and designated " The Victoria Cross," and to make the rules and regulations therein set forth under which the said decoration shall he conferred. VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting, Whereas we, taking into our Royal clnsideration that there exists no means of adequately rewarding the indi vidual gallant services either of officers of the lower grades in our naval and military service, or of warrant and petty officers, seamen, and marines in our navy, and non-commissioned officers and soldiers in our army : and whereas the third class of our Most Honourable Order of the Bath is limited, except in very rare cases, to the higher ranks of both services ; and the granting of medals, both in our navy and army, is only awarded for long service or meritorious conduct, rather than for bravery in action or distinction before the enemy, such cases alone excepted where a general medal is granted for a particular action or campaign, or a clasp added to the medal for some special engagement, in both of which eases all share equally in the boon, and those who by their valour have particularly signalised themselves re main undistinguished from their comrades. Now, for the purpose of attaining an end so desirable as that of rewarding individual instances of merit and valour, we have instituted and created, and by these pre sents, for us, our heirs and successors, institute and create, a new naval and military decoration, which we are desirous should be highly prized and eagerly sought after by the officers and men of our naval and military services, and are graciously pleased to make, ordain, and establish the following m ules and ordi nances for the government of the same, which shall from henceforth be invioldaly observed and kept : Firstly. It is ordained that the distinction shall be styled and designated "The Victoria Cross," and shall consist of a Maltese cross of bronze, with our royal crest in the centre, and underneath au enscroll bearing this inscription, "For Valour." Secondly. It is ordained that the cross shall be sus pended from the left breast, by a blue ribbon, for the navy, and by a red ribbon for the army. Tuirdly. It is ordained that the names of those upon whom we may be pleased to confer the decoration shall be published in the London Gazette, and a registry thereof kept in the office of our Secretary of State for War. Fourthly. It is ordained, that any one who, after hav ing received the cross, shall agaiu perform an act of bravery, which, if he had not received strait cross would have entitled him to it, such further act shall be re corded by a bar attached to the ribbon by which the cross is suspended, and for every additional act of bra. very an additional bar may be added. Fifthly. It is ordained that the cross shall only be awarded to those officers or men who have served us in the prssence of the enemy, and shall have then performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country. Sixthly. It is ordained, with a view to place ail per sons on a perfectly equal footing in relation to the eligi bility for the decoration, that neither rank, nor long service, nor wounds, nor any other circumstance or con dition whatever, save the merit of conspicuous bravery, shall be held to establish a sufficient claim to the ho nour. Saventhly. It is ordained that the decoration may be conferred on the spot where the act to be rewarded by the grant of such decoration has been performed, under the following circumstances : I. When the fleet or army, in which such an act has bee❑ performed, is under the eye and command of an ad miral or general officer commanding the forces. 11. Where the naval or military force is under the eye and command of an admiral or commodore commanding a squadron or detached naval force, or of a general com manding a corps, or division, or brigade on a distinct and detached service, when such admiral, commodore, or general officer shall have the power of conferring the decoration on the spot, subject to confirmation by us. Eighthly, It is ordained, where such actshall not have been performed in sight of a commanding officer as aforesaid, then the claimant for the honour shall prove the act to the satisfaction of the captain or officer com manding his ship, or to the officer commanding the regi ment to which the claimant belongs, and such captain or such commanding officer shall report the same through the usual channel to the admiral or officer commanding the force employed on the service, or to the officer coin mantling the forces iu the field, who shall call for such (description and attestation of the act as he may think requisite, and on approval shall recommend the grant of the decoration. Ninthly. It is ordained that every person selected for the cross, under Rule 7, shall be publicly decorated be fore the naval or military force or bady to which he belong•=, and with which the net of bravery for which he is to be rewarded shall have been performed, and his name shall be recorded in a general order, together with the cause of his especial distinction. Tenthly. It is ordained that every person selected under rule 8 shall receive his decoration as soon as pos sible, and his name shall likewise appear in a general order as above required, such general order to be issued by the naval or military commander of the forces em. ployed on the service. Eleventhly. It is ordained that the general orders above referred to shall from time to time be transmitted to our Secretary of State for War, to be laid before us, and shall be by him registered. Twelfthly. It is ordained that as cases may arise not falling witkin the rules above specified, or in which a claim, though well founded, may not have been estab. bhshed on the spot, we will, on the joint submission of our Secretary of State for War and our Commander-in- Chief of our army, or on that of our Lord High Ad miral or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the case of the navy, confer the decoration, but never with out conclusive proof of the performance of the act of bravery for which the claim is made. Thirteenthly. It is ordained that in the event of a gallant and daring act having been performed by a squadron, ship's company, a detached body of seamen and marines, not under 50 in number, or by a brigade, regiment, troop, or company, in which the admiral, general, or other officer commanding such forces, may deem that all are equally brave and distinguished, and that no special selection can be made by them ; then in such case, the admiral, general, or other officer commanding, may direct, that for any such body of s t aamen or marines, or fur every troop or company of soldiers, one officer shall be selected by the officers en gaged for the decoration ; and in like manner one petty officer or non-commissioned officer shall be selected by the petty officers and non-commissioned officers so en gaged ; anti by tiie seamen, or private soldiers, or ma rines, engaged respectively, for the decoration ; and the mimes of those selected shall be transmitted by the senior officer in command of the naval force, brigade, regiment, troop, or company, to the admiral or gene ral officer commanding, who snail in due manner confer the decoration as if the acts were done under his own eye. Fourteenthly. It is ordained that every warrant officer, petty officer, seaman, or marine, or non-commissioned officer or soldier, who shall have received the cross shall from the date of the act by which the decoration has been gained, be entitled to a special pension of 101. a year, and each additional bar conferred under Rule 4 on such warrant or petty officers, or non-commissioned officers or men, shall carry with it au additional pension of 51. per annum. Fifteenthly. In order to make such additional provi sion as shall effectually preserve pure this most honour able distinction, it is ordained that if any person on whom such distinction shall bo conferred be convicted of trea son, cowardice, felony, or of any infamous crime, or if he be accused of any such offence, and doth not after a reasonable time surrender himself to be tried for the same, his name shall forthwith be erased from theregistry of individuals upon whom the said decoration shall have been conferred by an especial warrant under our Royal sign manual, and the pension conferred under Rule 14 shall cease and determine from the date of such warrant. It is hereby further declared that we, our heirs and suc cessors, shall be the sole judges of the circumstances de manding such expulsion ; moreover, we shall at all times have power to restore such persons as may at any time have been expelled, both to the enjoyment of the decora tion and pension. 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Vast masses of troops, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, continue to advance to wards the Danube. The troops have consumed everything within an area of 150 versts, so that there is a great dearth. The tschetivert of oats, which two years ago cost one silver rouble, now costs eight, and the prices of all other kinds of grain have risen in the same proportion. There has been a great mortality among the new batta lions of Rifles, as a consequence of the men having greedily eaten of the honey of the country. The honey brought on dysentery. " The death of Louis Napoleon was reported in Odessa." Some days ago there was such a conflict between the French and Turkish prisoners that the Russians were obliged to separate the combatants by force. The ring leaders were put into irons. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 2.—lt is necessary to make the following slight alteration in the text of the Vienna protocol of the Ist of February :—lnstead of " Plenipotentiaires, qui, munis des pleins pou voirs necessaires pour proceder a la signature des preliminairee de paix formels, conclure un armistice," etc., it should be, " Plenipotentiaires munis des pleins pouvoirs necessaires pour pro ceder a la signature des preliminaires do paix formels, conclure un armistice," etc. In con sequence of the omission of the words " et pour" (and to) before the word "conclure," the sen tence is heavy, but its sense is, that the five Mi nisters agreed " their respective Governments should appoint Plenipotentiaries furnished with full powers necessary for proceeding to the signa ture of formal preliminaries of peace, and for con cluding an armistice and a definitive treaty of peace." The Vienna protocol was signed yester day at a few minutes after 12. The first person who put his name to the document was Isam Bey ; the second, Count Buol ; the third, Sir Hamilton Sey mour ; the fourth, Baron de Bourqueney; and the fifth, Prince Gortschakoff. It is said to be evident from Prince Gortschakoff's signature that his hand was less steady yesterday than it was when he signed the various conference protocols some ten months ago. There are many persons in this city who have no great confidence in the sincerity of the Russian Court, and they one and all express a hope that the Western Powers will not grant a long armistice. The term proposed by Rus sia is four months, and this fact is calculated to excite some little suspicion, that her object is to gain time rather than to make peace. If the armistice were concluded for a month from the date of the signature of the preliminaries of peace, it might be prolonged should it appear ad visable. It is stated that the allies do not intend to insist on the neutralisation of the Sea of Azoff ; but the newspaper, Germany, contains an article on the subject, which is well worth attention. The following is a brief summary of it : "The Sea of Azoff is likely to give the diplomatic world some trouble. Is it, like the Euxine, to be closed against all ships of war? If it is considered a mere gulf in the Black Sea, the reply must be in the affirma tive. If it is viewed in the light of an inland sea, it is not underthe interdict contained in the third article, and Russia can keep as many ships of war in it as she pleases. The Sea of Azoff is extremely shallow, but the events of the present war have clearly shown that ves sels drawing but little water may effect much." " Russia will probably, by the conditions of the ex pected be entirely sep a rated f rom Tur e,f peace, butber Asiatic f ron ti ers w ill rema i n un changed ; she will retain her trans-Caucasian possessions, and with them all the passes into Asia Minor. If Russia ever wishes to go to war with Turkey, she can, without anything being known iu Europ e of what she is about, send great numbers of troop s by way of the Caspian to her trans-Caucasian provinces, and suddenly make such a tremendous inroad into Asia Minor that she will carry all before her." LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Lord Chief Justice .Tervis and a Special Jury.) HOPPEU V. DIXON. This was an action for false imprisonment arising out of the late fire at Mr. Scott Russell's ship-yard, Mill wall, Poplar. The plaintiff is a ship's carpenter, and the defendant manager of the above yard ; and it appeared that in Oct. last a floating battery in the course of con struction in the above yard was destroyed by fire, which there was reason to believe had been wilfully done. The plaintiff was apprehended on the charge, and during the examination was in the Clerkenwell House of Deten tion 14 days. Ultimately he was discharged, and hence the present action had been brought. After hearing the plaintiff's case the Lord Chief Justice directed a nonsuit. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. EXCHEQUER COURT. (Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock, and a common jury.) MAJOR V. CLOUGH. This wa. an action for an alleged breach of warrantry. The plaintiff is a veterinary surgeon and horse dealer, of Cookspur-street, Charing-cross, and the defendant a horse dealer, of Milbank-street, Westminster. In this case, as in horse cases generally, there was the usual amount of what is termed "hard swearing," the defendant and his witnesses contradicting the statements of the plaintiff and his witnesses. Ac cording to the plaintiffs evidence he h a d a commis sn t d o and he li he had o ne, remarking that beauty was not sought for, but a horse up to his work, and capable of carrying a heavy applied t p t u o rch t weight. The defendant then said ho had one, a 6-year old horse, a perfect hunter, and that he had carried a young blood after the hounds the two previous years. The horse was shown to, and examined by, the plain tiff; who exonerated the defendant from any warran try other than the horse being a perfect hunter. The horse was ridden out to show his paces, at first over the rough stones, but afterwards on plain ground, that the plaintiff might hear if he " whistled." The plaintiff and defendant ultimately dealt—the plaintiff, giving the defendant 201. and a horse, valued at 601., in exchange. The horse was taken to his stables, and tried at a bar, but he would not jump at all. He was then sent to the plaintiff's farm, at Esher,and tried at the fences, but he would neither go over them nor a gate. All the witnesses described the horse as a "a raw, ugly brute," and one that could not hunt. It appeared that the defendant bought the horse of a farmer, at Ilornoastle Fair, who informed him the horse had been used to farm work, and that he had been ridden by his son after the hounds. When the plaintiff proposed to deal with the defendant the latter took out his book to give the horse's " pedigree," butthe plaintiff told him he need not trouble about that, because horse dealers " had always a pedigree" for a horse. The horse was after wards taken to Tattersall's and sold for 16 guineas. The defendant's evidence went entirely to contradict the plaintiff's as to his warranting the horse a hunter. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 271., allowing the 201. which the plaintiff did not pay at the time of the purchase. THE COLLISION IN TilE CHANNEL• FOLKESTONE, Tuesday Evening. —A t 10 o'clock ked anthis morning Mr. East, the borough coroner , in quiry at the Guildhall touchingthpeasdesaert,hg:r oPf, and l‘r.aGbeooy. Summers, aged 19, seaman, a male (names not known) who perish ed in te wreck of the l Josephine Willis. The lad w as apparently il between 7 and 8 years of age, and his right leg had been amputated just above the knee. Kester Clayton, e hief officer of the Josephi ne Willi s, was the first witness examined.L —ee ship was on a 'voy age from London to Auckland, New Zealand. On Satur day morning last, about half-past 7 o'clock, she left the St. Katharine Docks, London, and was towed down to Gravesend by a tug-boat. On Sunday morning, about 7 o'clock, we left Gravesend, towed by the steam-tug, till we were near the east buoy off the Margate Sand. The tug then left us in the afternoon, and we sailed on through the Downs and ran down the Channel with the wind about S.E. or S.S.E. Our pilot landed at Deal about 5 o'clock'on Sunday afternoon. At 6 p.m. we passed the South Foreland, and at 10 minutes to 8 p.m. the Folke stone Pier-bead Light bore about N. by W., distant about 5 miles. We hove the log at this time, and the ship was going about seven knots. At 8 p.m. a light was reported ahead. I went forward and saw it, and then returned to the poop. It was a white light, and I soon afterwards saw the red light lower down, and shortly afterwards the green light, by which I knew the vessel ahead was a steamer. I then put the helm a-starboard ; while standing on the poop I kept her green light open. In about three minutes after I had put the helm a-starboard the steamer struck us just before the main rigging on the starboard side. She came bow upon us. She was a screw steamer. Just as the steamer was striking us, the captain of the Josephine Willis came on deck and took the command, and I obeyed his orders. We had courses, topsails, topgallant sails, and flying jib set. After we were struck, we endeavoured to haul the mainsail up, but our vessel filled so fast that we had no time to do it. When we found the steamer was nearing us,' two or three men fcrward, and I, from th e polp, hailed her as loudly as we were able, but the stea-ner must Fare ported her helm or I believe we should have gone clear of her. Soon after having struck us, the engines of the steamer were reversed, and she backed. There was a nice fresh breeze. It was clear overhead, but rather hazy on the water. We all did the best we could to get the boats down to endeavour to save the passengers. We had four boats. The starboard was stove in lowering, but some persons were taken in her to the steamer. The life-boat was capable of taking 40 persons in her, but there was ne time to get them into her, as 10 minutes after being struck the vessel heeled over to the port sale. By the Coroner—l think Mr. and Mrs. Ray were taken in the starboard boat. Most of the passengers bad turned in. We had aboat 66 passengers and a crew of 40. Coroner—Did the steamer remain by the ship ? Witness—She backed astern out of the ship, and went astern about half a mile. After she bad been on her beam-ends I got up into the rigging, and a boat came and took me off. Twenty-five altogether were taken on board the steamer, chiefly the crew. I know these five One boat came from the steamer. The life-boat conveyed some passengers. Most of the pss. eenifere were below ; they comprised men, women, awl children. John Sheen, a seaman on board the Josephine Willis, was next called. lle said—On Sunday evening, about 10 minute: past 6, I went on the topgallant forecastle, on the look out. I had my orders from the boatswain. The ship was then to the westward of the South Fore !and, but she had not got to Dover. The weather was fine, and we were going at the rate of about six knots. We had braced our yards in. The wind was S.S.E. About 20 m:nu:es or a quarter to 8, I first saw a light ahead, and could not make it out. Ido not know what course she was ale rim: , but I saw the Folkeston Pier-head Light. I s h ou ld say we were six or seven miles off. Cannot say how it bore. When I first saw the white light it was right ahead. I reported it to the chief mate, wl!co came forward. The second mate fol lowed him in two or three minutes. I soon afterwards saw the green light, and then the red light, and I knew it then to be a steamer. She was approaching us rapidly, and our helm was put a starboard. When her helm was put a-etarboard the ship came up in the wind, and her sails began to shake. There was about 12 of us on the forecastle, and we called out to the steamer as loudly as we could. We did not see any person on the br;dge or on the fcrecastle of the steamer on the look out. Coroner—De you think the steamer altered her oour.:e ? Witness—Yee, she put her helm a-port, the wrong way, and she came into us. It was that which brought her in contact with us. We were struck on the fore part of the tirtin rigging, on the starboard side. Coroner—What diytar,ce do you think you could see a man on the look-cut on such a night ? Witness—About three or four ship's length. It was starlight. After the steam-boat came into the ship all hands who were on the forecastle went aft to clear the starboard lonaf. away. We put two female passengers, two rna!e passengers, and some four or five boys into the heat, but she got stove in being lowered, and we re moved the passengers into the port life-boat. There were c►,ree of the ship's company in the boat, and she was rowed to the steamer, which was about a mile and a half to the eastward of the ship. Ours was the first boat that reached the steamer. Our second mate, who was in the boat, said to the captain, " Are you going to render any assistance to the ship ?" The captain replied, " Ye-, I have got a boat alongside with two hands in her." The mate said, "Two hands are no use ; they could save no lives." The boat, however, went to the ship, and saved the chief mate, four or five passengers, the carpenter, and, I think, two of tke ship's company. We all asked the captain of the steamer if he was going back with the steamer, but he did not do so, and still allowed her to drift up with the tide. She was not steaming. I did hot go on board the steamer. When I asked the captain to go back, he said he must first lighten his vessel forward and pump the ship. After we put passengers on board from the lifeboat, I heard an order given for her to go ahead, which she did slowly. The steamer did not come back. We asked him to put back several times, and he seemed annoyed at us and used bad language. We were about an hour alongside the ship in the life-boat, and when a lugger came up they told us to go back with them and save life. / Peter Patterson, boatswain on board the Mangertaa steamer, was next examined, and gave similar evidence. Mr. Henry Gray Ray was next called—l was a pase senger ou board the Josephine Willis. On Sunday even. ing I was on deck about 8 o'clock, when I beard a man report a light on the starboard bow. I saw the light; it was a white light. I then saw a red light, and abc.itt a minute after a green light. Coroner—Did you hear any order given on board the ship when the light was seen? Witness—Yes, I heard the order given to luff. I can't say decidedly who gave the order. There wire two officers on deck. I was on the poop. When tke light was reported ahead I looked for the Josephine Willis's light, and I could see the reflexion of it on the bowsprit. I left the ship in one of the boats, with sly wift', another woman, the doctor, the second mate, Jtos. Smith, and two or three others. Coroner—How long before the collision took pl:too did you bear any bailing from your ship? Witness—About a minute and a-half. The ves:isis came in ecntact about four or five minutes after I fi tsst saw the steamer's light. The captain of the Josephi n e Willis was admirably cool and collected in giving lass orders, but the confusion was so great that they cm ill not be attended to. He directed the mainsail to be hauled up, and the passengers to come up from bet wet and go aft. Coroner—Was the steamer long about the ship t Witness—Perhaps about 5 minutes, or it might bet a little longer. We were about half au hour getting to the steamer, and I asked the captain as to whether he cons i , dered his ship in a sinking state. He said that he nrai:t remove some of the cargo aft, and I went below to al r siw.t. The life-boat remained alongside some time. I should state that the boat in which I left was in a lent sy, sinking condition, and when about 200 yards from th e steamer we hailed the life-boat, and we put the ladiie.s into her and then got in ourselves and towed our b 4 olt after us. After I got on board the steamer, and wh il!e the life-boat was alongside, I asked the boatswain of the Josephine Willis why he did not go back to t b e wreck with the life-boat and endeavour to save some IA the passengers. He replied that he was afraid of 4i s brat being drawn down by the sinking of the ship ; he also said that he thought the steamer was in a sinki state, and that he ought to stay by to render assistants e to those on board. I said, "If that is the case, ther r will be a rush," ants asked him to pass his boat asters;, and put a rope over the stern for the people to escape by. At this stage of the proceedings it was proposed tq adjourn the inquiry, in order to procure the evidence e f other passengers. That was accordingly agreed upon, and the investigation was adjourned for a week. The bodies of three female passengers and a chilli have been picked up and taken into Walmer. NEWS.—(This Day.) 10 4A 14 4i all 14 all 14 411 all all all all all all all CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the English wheat on sale in to-day's market wro the refuse of Monday—the fresh an ivais being very limited. For all kinds we had a slow trade, but without loading to an♦ further change in prices. Foreign wheat was dull in the extreme, and nominal in yr.'''. Toere was scarcely any demand for either barley or malt, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Oats, beans, peas, and flour, wine heavy, and the top price of the lat - Wr was Gis per sack. Wh ent . C2O ♦RRIVALS TEIIS Barley. Malt. I 1,110 3,560 Oats. 1,521 L'nglish Irish .... Foreign 1 1 1 980 I 1,G70 Floor. SMI I 4,950 I k 6,010 3 2 awls BOROUGH HOP. Our market is tolerably firm, and last week's prices are supported. wnITECHAPEL. The trade ruled very inactive, as follows : 1 --Beof, from 2s 10d to 4s ; mutton, Ss 0,1 to 48 4,1; veal, 43 Od to 5s 2,1; pork, 3s 4,1 to 5s Od per 811)s by thecarcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) L o wnorr, Feb. s.—Wind this day a t noon, S . ; fres h breeze and l sq ually. F Feb. 4 . — Wind S.W.—Arrived—Myo- ILFRACOMB ~ cotes, 'from Nantes for Newport, w ith s t em d amage d, b o wsprit sprung, &e., from con t ae t w i th a ehassemaree, I on the 2d inst., off Lundy I s l an d. NEWPORT, Fob. 4.—A rr i ved—Melbourne, from B res t , for Jamaica ; Lady 11.41au, London, for Hong Kong. Sailed—Eliza Stewart Forbes, for Sierra Leone. (rn ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Molting. Arrived—Susannah, from Newport ; William Cathe rine, Sunderland ; Argyll (s.), Carentan. Sailed—Atalanta (s.), for Havre; Ondine London; South-Western (s.), Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.S.W. Sailed—John Bright, for New York ; Salem, Mel bourne ; Cherokee, Africa. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 4. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Contcst, from St. Michael's. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGNAPTI3 DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W. ; strong. Passed— Edeudale (tpt. 10), from the Crimea, for Lou. (lon. Anchored—Prince Alfred (tpt. 126), from the Crimea ; Sultana (s.s.), and La Vivandiere, both London, for Con stantinople ; Gipsy Queen , L ondon, for Terceira ; H.M.S . Rhadamanthus, Woolwich, for t he westward. Anchored off North For eland—Charlotte, from Amster dam, for New Orleans. SOClfi b T a B i l FRANCin n ß s t i i E t : t v i o A n l g t A o N o C k E . 13 annual H ano ver -square Rooms en Monday evening. According --_The he at the t t o usual custom, the committee of the society organised lottery, which was drawn for during the evening. aio li f sE this DEi Amongst the principal prizes were several very beautiful presents from the princesses of the Royal family of Orleans, who have been, since the foundation of the so ciety in 1842, its most munificent supporters. The Duchess d'Aumale contributed a very valuable neck lace, of Vienna workmanship ; and the Princess de Joinville a gold - mounted " Nevessaire des Fumeur, both of which were greatly admired. The Prince de Conde, and the other members of this Royal and truly charitable family, forwarded contributions. i n all e ten erege ; the ug at garil ) !AT I•;A' ,A, 100 100 all 100 9 all 1100 3i 100 1.03 21 15 100 100 34 144 1.7 ell all 1 )O all 3 all all FOR .