The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

THE NAVY. Letterti received from Buenos Ayres and Monte video stltte that her Majesty's ships Ardent and Oberon sailed from the former port to Rosario on November 16. The Admiral, Sir Stephen Dishing tor, and. Mr. Thornton, the British Minister, were on board the Ardent. The Spanish brig of war Gettert d Valdez sailed for Montevideo November 18. ;Her Majesty's ship Leopard and the French gunbo at Fulmnante were at Buenos Ayres on the 27th o f November. There was a light pampero on the 25th, which only lasted 12 hours. The follow ing neen-of•war were at Montevideo on the 30th of November :—Her Majesty's ship Buzzard, Brazilian corvette Imperial Marinheiro, 18 guns, and two Brazilian gunboats ; Spanish brig General Valdez, 20 guns, and Spanish gunboat Concordia ; French brig Beaumanoir, 14 guns; American despatch boat Pulawski. The French mail steamer Salo tonge arrived at Montevideo from Rio de Janeiro at 4 p.m. on the 29th. A very strong wind was blowing at Montevideo on the morning of the 28th, which moderated towards noon, and was followed by a light south-easterly breeze and fine weather on the 29th and 30th. A letter from Rio reports that about five hours after the mail steamer Mersey left Montevideo, at noon on the 30th of November, she passed the Frenchbrig Rocher de St. Malo steer ing for that port.' The Mersey had calms and fine weather between Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. The Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. James Katon, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine, is fill ing up provisions in Portsmouth Harbour, and as soon as complete will, it is expected, proceed to Spithead. The Immortalite, 51, screw, Capt. G. Hancock, is expected to proceed out of harbour to Spithead to-morrow. The St. George, 91, screw, Capt. Hon. Francis Egerton, is hourly expected at Spithead, where his Royal Highness Prince Alfred will join on appointment and return from leave. It is stated to be the intention of her Majesty to hon our Captain Egerton with a visit on board his noble ship at Spithead prior to her departure, on the embarcation of his Royal Highness Prince Al fred for the North America and Wast India stations. The following ships are in the steam basin at Portsmouth :—The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Commander H. F. M'Killop. refitting for Channel service ; the Philomel, 5, screw, Commander Wildman, fitting out for service on the West Coast of Africa; the Sutlej, 51, screw, in the hands of steam reserve; the Osborne, paddle yacht, Master-Commander Bower, making good defects; the Rinaldo, 17, screw, and the Cockatrice, 2, gunboat, fitting out for first-class steam reserve and expected com mission ; the Volcano, paddle,:completing outfit as a floating factory ; and the Coquette, com pleting at the hands of the shipwright depart ment. In the steam basin cloak, the Euryalus, 51, screw, is in the hands of the shipwrights. In the ship basin are the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, overhauling and refitting at the hands of the steam reserve; the Camperdown, three-decked coal depot, completing her steam machinery at the hands of the factory department. In the ship basin docks are the Meteor, iron-cased floating battery, stripped of her iron shell, and repairing beams, timbers, &c.; the Prince Regent, 91, converting from a sailing ship to what will be a very slow screw ; the Rosa mend, 6, paddle, and the Tribune, screw frigate, both undergoing very extensive repairs. The screw steamship St. George, 90, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, left Plymouth Sound on Wednes day evening, at 8 o'clock, for Spithead. The screw steam frigate Ariadne, 26, Capt. Van sittart, went yesterday from Hamoaze into Ply mouth Sound. Topgallant masts have been pointed on board the screw steam frigate. Narcissus, 51, Capt. Risk, at Plymouth. The Cygnet, 5, screw, yesterday made a second experimental trial with the common screw at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. Her Majesty's gunboats Britomart and Wizard, built at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and fitted out at Wool wich, sailed yesterday, in charge of Mr. Hail, com manding the steam reserve at Woolwich, for Sheer ness, to be laid up in ordinary at that station. The iron paddle-wheel steamvessel Trident, having been completely renovated at Woolwich, and masted and rigged for service, is under orders for the steam reserve at Portsmouth. The paddle-wheel steamsloop Driver, having been thoroughly overhauled at Woolwich, and having undergone considerable repairs, was yesterday con signed to the master rigger to be completed for the steam reserve. The steam sloop Devastation, in basin at Wool wich, having assumed the appearance of an entirely new vessel, is ordered to be masted and rigged for service. The Albatros, No. 56hired sailing transport, Cap tain Pearson, arrived at Spitheadyesterday with 165 naval invalids, seamen and marines, from Hong kong, from which port she sailed on the 19th July last, calling in at the Mauritius and the Cape of ' Good Hope, and sailing from Simon's Bay finally for England on November 5. Fine weather was experienoed throughout the passage until near ing the Western Islands, since which time the ship has had a full share of the late tempestuous weather. The naval invalids were yesterday transferred from the ship at Spithead to the Pigmy steam tender, and by her conveyed into the harbour to the Victory flagship, whence all cases requiring such treatment were forwarded to Hasler Hospital. 15 deaths have occurred on the passage home. The ship has 200 tons of Govern. meat stores on board, and will be towed into the harbour this morning from Spithead for their dis charge. Many sailing transports have been en gaged at so much per ton per month by the autho rities in India to meet the exigencies of the late China war. . Admiralty instructions were yesterday received at Wool with 'dockyard for an official trial of Mr. D. K. Clark's patent apparatus for the prevention of smoke. The apparatus is ordered to be applied for experiments on board her Majesty's ship Vivid. The merits of the invention consist in its peculiar method of introducing a regulated supply of air into the furnaces above the fuel by means of jets of steam, and the thorough admixture of the air with the gases for combustion, by which means the absorption of the smoke and the destruction of the nuisance are in no way regulated by the negli gence or attention and care of the stokers, but are ' governed solely by the power and utility of the apparatus. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. T. Marsden, to the Nile, additional, for disposal ; J. T. Bedford, midshipman to. the Ariadne ; J. F. Loney, master to the Narcissus; and Augu3tus Mills is promoted to the rank of the first class assist.-engineer in the Arrogant. Til.E Altlltl. - Major :Ullman's No: 2 battery, 9th Brigade of Royal Artillery, stationed at Ballineollig, is about to be supplied with an armament of Armstrong guns, &c„ front Woolwich Arsenal, the whole of which are awaiting transport and will be ship in a few day s , t h e.old guns to be returned to Wool pe d with. Private letters KeeeiTeds at Chatham from :the battalion of Royal Marines serving in China report both officers and men to be In excellent health, the daily average of sickness being .very small.. At the date of the last mail the Marine s were just re tiring from the oily of Pekin, and would move down to Hongkong, where it was expected they would immediately, embark for England, in whi c h Case they .may be expected to arrive home about the middle of the summer. The proceedings and finding of the court-martial Which assembled at Chatham a few days since for the trial of a sapper of the Royal Engineers, named Patterson, on a charge of having deserted from that corps eightyeara ago, have been promul gated to the troops at that garrison. The prisoner deserted from the Royal ngineers as far beak as 18 , 52, but nothing was heard of him until a short time since, whey he was apprehended in the Royal Artillery, into ,which _corps he hail enlisted. After &seeing from the Riyal Engineers the prisoner found his way to India, where he joined the Bengal Artillery, in which corps he served six years— during the late Indian campaign. He then re turned to England, and enlisted in the Royal Artillery, where he bore an indifferent cha racter. The Court before which he was tried sentenced him to be marked with the letter D, and to imprisoned at Fort Clarence for 112 days, in addition to which he is to be placed under stoppages until the sum of £5105., of which he had defrauded the Governmentby his desertion and re-enlistment, has been made good. The command of the 22d cothpany of Royal En gineers at Chatham has been handed over to Capt. E. H. Steward by Lieut. Walker, the latter offir er having been appointed to take the command ' 4 . ) f th e sth company at Woolwich. A ~Y'~Tti TRE CANADA EXTRADI2ION CASE, TORONTO, DEC. 18. The judges of the Court of Queen's Bench gave their decision on Saturday in the case of Anderson, the fugitive slave, the particulars of which case I related in my last letter. Chief Justice 'Robinson and Justice Barns decided that the prisoner should be delivered up to the United States authorities. Justice M'Lean held that the evidence against him was insufficient to warrant his rendition. Prisoner's counsel have applied for an appeal to the Bench of Judges, and it is to be decided next Saturday whether an appeal will be allowed. It is likely eventually to be brought before the Privy Council in England for decision. The greatest excitement prevails throughout the country on the subject. (From the Toronto Globs, Dse.l7.) The prisoner, an intelligent looking man, listened with the closest attention to the learned judges as they read their judgments. When all was over a shade of disappointment rested on his countenance. It was very evident that he was painfully sensible of the horrible results that would follow his being consigned to the tender mercies of a jury of slave holders—the fate allotted to him by a majority of the judges. Chief Justice Robinson first pronounced his judgment. After a long review of the facts of the case, the evidence submitted against the prisoner, and the circumstances attending his arrest and commitment by the magistrates, the learned judge said—The point which has been argued before us, and the only point, is what construction and effect it is proper to give to those words in the treatyand in our statute of the 22d of Victoria, cap. 8, sec. 1 (Consolidated Statutes of Canada), which, when read together, in effect provide that a person charged with committing within any of the United States of America any of the offences mentioned in the treaty—that is to say, murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, piracy, arson, robbery, or forgery—" and charged upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the law of the place where the fugitive or person so charged be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been com mitted," may be apprehended upon complaint made under oath, in order that he may be brought before the judge or justice of the peace who caused him to be apprehended, to the end that the evidence of his criminality may be heard and considered, " and that if on such hearing the evidence be deemed sufficient by law to sustain the charge according to the laws of this province, he shall certify the same, together with a copy of all the testimony taken before him, to the governor of the province, in order that a war rant may issue upon the requisition of the proper authorities in the United States, or of any witch States, for the surrender of the person charged ac cording to the stipulation of the treaty." It has been argued on the part of the prisoner that both of the passages of the statute in which the suffi ciency of the evidence to prove criminality is spoken of have reference to the law of this province, not merely as regards the nature of the proof that may be received and its conclusive tendency, but also to the law of this province as regards the particular offence, and in relation to whatever circumstances may have influenced the party in committing the act. I cannot go the whole length of that argu ment, as it has been endeavoured to apply it in this case. But the construction contended for would seem to exact that there 'should be a similarity be tween the law of the State from which the person has fled and that of our country in all the features and attributes of the particular crime. To some extent it might be reasonable to hold that the law of the two countries should be found to correspond. For example, if it were the law of Missouri that every intentional killing by a slave of his master, however sudden, should be held to be murder, without regard to any circumstances of provoca tion, or of any necessity of self-defence against mortal or cruel injury, I do not consider that a fugi tive slave who, aecording to the evidence, could not be found guilty of murder, without applying such a principle to the case, could legally be surrendered by the treaty. But I could not go to the length of holding that because a man could not, in the nature of things, be killed in this province while he was pursuing a slave, because there are not, and by law cannot be, any slaves here, therefore a slave who has fled from a Slave State into this province can not be given up to justice because he murdered a man in that State who was at the time attempting to arrest him under the authority of law, in order to take him before a magistrate with a view to his being sent back to his master. It would not be right, 1 think, to hold that the fugitive should under such circumstances, not be surrendered, and to hold this without reference to wha- the positive law of that country might allow, or to the conduct of the party pursuing :or of the party pursued, or to the knowledge of the latter that the purpose for which it was desired to arrest him was not contrary to the law of the country, or to the fact (if it should be so) that there was no apparent necessity to inflict death in order to escape. It is true it is not proved that the prisoner, if he was attempting to escape from slavery altogether, or only from the imme diate control of his master, was in either case com mitting any criminal offence against the law of Missouri ; nor is it shown that the law of that State made it the duty of Digges to apprehend him under the circumstances in which he was found ; but Digges having, as it appears, authority to take him up and carry him before a magistrate, under the general law of the State, it cannot be said that he was acting illegally at the time Anderson rushed upon him and repeatedly stabbed him with a deadly weapon. He was acting under, a legal authority as much as if he had been armed with process, the fact being proved and not denied that the statute law of Missouri applied to the prisoner un der the circumstances in which he was ; and unless Digges abused his authority, by using a degree of violence uncalled for by the circumstances, the killing of him was not justifiable; nor can it be said, I think, that the facts of the case lead plainly to the conclusion that the act of the prisoner Ander son should be held to be nothing more than man slaughter. Upon his trial on a charge of murder, if he shall be surrendered, and if he shall be tried for that offence, it will be for the jury to dispose of the case under the direction of a judge. There may .:hen appear sufficient reasons to warrant the jury in taking a favourable view of the case and to lead them to think it probable thattheprhisini under oner ad vanced towards the deceased and stabbed necessary, his not life, o merely to o n faapopitriteahteenhissionowthnatesi w e t apae.s but tosav e to avert threatened violence at the moment. But the case, in my j u d gmen t, is not one in which the justices at. Brantford would have been warranted _ in assuming the functions of a jury, and intercept ing a trial for' the graver offence. We may be told that there is no assu rance that the prisoner, b e i ng a slave, will be tried fairly and without prejudice in the foreign country ; but no court or magistrate ' can refuse to give effect to an act of Parliament by acting on such an assumption, nor can we be in fluenced by the consideration (a very painful one in all such cases) that the prisene'r, even if he shall be wholly acquitted of the offence imputed to him, must still remain a slave in a foreign country. Mr. Justice M'Lean then delivered a long, able judgment. He said—There is nothing before us to show that the justices of the peace who have "ex amined the evidence," or rather the justice of the peace who certifies the evidence as having been taken before him, has coupe to any determination THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1861. .M~ +t.i ,at it is "sufficient to sustain the charge accord ing to the laws of this province, if the alleged offence had been committed therein," or that he has certified his decision on the evidence, toge ther with a copy of all such evidence, to the Go vernor. By this commitment the prisoner is not "in custody awaiting a surrender under the treaty with the United States," but is in gaol awaiting dis charge according to law. Then, as to the designa tion of th e o ff ence w i t h w hi ch i t is alleged the prisone r was charged on the 28th of September last,, it is stated that he was on that day charged on the oath of William C. Baker and others, with out stating who those others were, for that he did, in Howard county, in the State of Missouri, on the 28th day of September, 1853, wilfully, and mali ciously, and ferociously stab and kill ene Seneca T. P. Digges. There is no charge of murder in the offence alleged against Anderson by William C. Baker, and we cannot assume that it was intended to prefer a charge for murder, for, in truth, the deposition made by Baker before the justice of the peace, which is returned with the evidence, contains no charge whatever against the prisoner. He expressly says in his deposition that he did not see the wound made of which Digges is said to have died, and that he came to the province employed and paid by the county of Howard, for the purpose of identifying the prisoner. He does not pretend to give any statement of his own, or to make any charge against the prisoner. All he does say as to the cause of the death of Digges, he says Digges told him, so that in truth the greater portion of what his deposition contains is a detailed statement of his several conversations with Digges. That statement, in the absence of any proof that it was made by Digges, in the full belief that his life was drawing speedily to a close, ought not to have been received, and cannot be considered as legal evidence, so that, without the necessary requisites to confer that character on the hearsay statements of Baker, they cannot possibly form the founda tion of a criminal charge against the prisoner. Then there is the testimony of Benjamin F. Digges, a son of Seneca T. P. Digges, who was with his father at the time he was stabbed, and who at that time was a little better than eight years of age. This witness says very candidly that he had never seen the coloured man who stabbed his father before that time; that the prisoner was about the colour and size of the man, but "he would not swear he was the man." Looking, then, at all the testimony taken before the justice of the peace, and rejecting such portion as is wholly unnecessary and inadmissible, there is not a witness who connects the prisoner with the stabbing of Digges, unless it be Thomas L. Digges, in his statement of the death bed declarations of his father to him, and these only show that the negro by whom Digges was stabbed made certain declarations as to himself and his identity which would be true if made by the pri soner. On the grounds, therefore, that the prisoner was arrested in the first instance on an insufficient complaint, and that he is now detained in custody on a warrant of commitment until discharged by due course of law for an offence committed in a foreign country, and on the further grounds that the offence stated in the warrant of commitment is not one for which the prisoner is liable to be detained under the Provincial Act for carrying out the treaty with the United States for the surrender of certain fugitive criminals, and that the evidence as given before the justice of the peace is of too vague a character to establish the offence of murder against the prisoner according to the laws of this province, I am of opinion that the prisoner is now entitled to be discharged from custody. In conclu sion, the learned judge said the law of England, or rather of the British Empire, not only does not recognise slavery within the dominions of the Crown, but imposes upon any British subject who shall have become the owner of slaves in a foreign State the severest penalties, and declares that all persons engaged in carrying on the slave trade, when captured at sea, shall be liable to be treated as pirates. The prisoner Ander son, as appears by the statement of Baker, who came to this province to identify him, has felt the horrors of such treatment. He was brought up to manhood by one Moses Burton, and married a slave on a neighbouring property, by whom he had one child. His master, for his own purpose, dis regarding the relation which had been formed, sold and transferred him to a person at a distance, to whose will he was forced to submit. The laws of Missouri, enacted by their white oppressors, while they perpetuate slavery, confer no rights on the slaves, unless it be the bare protection of their lives. Can it, then, be a matter of surprise that the pri soner should endeavour to escape from so degrading a position —or rather, would it not be a cause of surprise if tho attempt were not made ? Dig :go!, though he could have had no other interest in it but that which binds slaveholders for their common interest to prevent the escape of their slaves, inter fered to prevent the prisoner getting beyond the bounds of his bondage, and with his slaves pursued and hunted him, with a spirit and determination which might well drive hire to desperation ; and when at length the prisoner appeared within reach of capture, he, with a stick in his hand, crossed over a fence, and advanced to intercept and seized him. The prisoner was anxious to escape, and in order to do so made every effort to avoid his pur suers. Digges, as their leader, on the contrary, was most anxious to overtake and come in contact with the prisoner, for the unholy purpose of rivet ting his chains more securely. Could it be expected from any man indulging the desire to be free, which Nature has implanted in his breast, that he should quietly submit to be returned to bondage and to stripes, if, by an effort of his strength or by any means within his reach, he could emancipate him self ? Such ail expectation, it appears to me, would be most unreasonable, and I must say, to my judg ment, the prisoner was justified in using any neces sary degree of force to prevent what to him must inevitably have proved a most fearful evil. He was committing no crime in endeavouring to escape and to better his own condition ; and the fact of his being a slave cannot, in my hum ble judgment, make that a crime which would not be so if he were a white man. If in this country any number of persons were to pursue a coloured man with the avowed determination to return him into slavery, it cannot, I think, be doubted that the man pursued would be justified in using, in the same circumstances as the prisoner, the same means of relieving himself from so dreadful a result. Can, then, or must, the law of slavery in Missouri be recognized by us to such an extent as to make it murder in Missouri, while it is justifiable in this province to do precisely the same act ? I confess that I feel it too repugnant to every sense of religion and every feeling of justice to recognise a rule, designated as a law, passed by the strong for enslaving and tyrannising over the weak—a law which would not be tolerated a moment if those who are reduced to the condition of slaves and de prived of all human rights were possessed of white instead of black or dark complexion. The decla ration of independence of the present United States proclaimed to the world that all men are born equal and possessed of certain ingiien able rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; but the first of these is the only ono accorded to the unfor tunate slaves ;. the others of these inalienable rights are denied, becausd the white population have found themselves strong enough to deprive the blacks of them. A love of liberty is inherent i - in the human breast, whatever may be the com plexion of the skin. "Its taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till nature herself shall change ;" and, in administering the laws of a British pro vince, I never can feel bound to recognise as law any enactment which can convert into chattels a very large number of the human race, I think that on everyground the prisoner is entitled to be discharged. Mr. Justice Burns concurred in the opinion of the Chief Justice. Mr. S. B. Freeman, for the prisoner, said it was, of cours e , the intention of the prisoner's counsel to appeal the case to the Court of Error and Appeal. Mr. M. C. be n ecessary to make some or d er w i t h re f erence t o Cameron (for the prisoner) — lt may t'llePrisuner, to allow us tha necessary tiaie :dirty for an app eal. - • The prisoner was then rewanded till SaturdV) the 22d, when the Court again sits, and the ques tion of the right of appeal will be disposed of. The Toronto Globe contains the following re marks :—" The prisoner is a stoutly built man, of middle height, and of a very deep yellow com plexion, with a full development of forehead, and a countenance in which'mildness and intelligence are strongly marked. Look at him as close as you will, you fail to find indications of the stern determina tion which would lead a man to turn upon his tracks and slay his ruthless pursuer in the very mo ment of assault. One could not help thinking that if this man did such a thing, it was not from natu ral love of violence or blood, but because he was filled at the moment with the thirst of freedom which has in all ages inspired deeds of heroic cou rage. The prisoner looked around the Court upon the faces of the crowd, but apparently thinking that their sympathy could not avail him, he turned his gaze upon his judges, and listened with mani fest intelligence to their decisions, a deep sigh only now and again heaving up his broad chest. It was an anxious moment as the Chief Justice produced his papers and began to read. The life or death of a human being hung on a thread ; the liberties of hundreds of freemen depended on the opinion of three fallible men. Was this poor fellow, after he had by desperate adventure achieved his liberty and enjoyed with his wife the sweets of home for seven years, to be sent back to certain slavery, if not death ? Were the hundreds of fugitives in this pre • vince who have committed what the laws of the Slave States describe as felonies, in effecting their escape, to be henceforth at the mercy of the man stealer ?" Indeed it may here be mentioned that the manner in which the extensive and important operations of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are carried out, excites not only the admiration of Englishmen, but also of many of our colonies, and nearly all maritime nations throughout the world. It was stated that the late Captain Bowerbank, R.N., who had been a liberal contributor to the in stitution, left it a legacy of .£lOO ; and that the late Mrs. Barber, of Warwick, had also bequeathed it £5O. The special thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were presented to Capt. Kennedy, RN., late Deputy Comptroller-General of her Majesty's Coastguard Services, in testimony of his valuable services during the past six years, and his cordial co-operation in assisting to carry out the important and philanthropic objects of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The thanks of the institution inscribed on vellum, were also voted to G. H. Ackers, Esq., commodore of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, in testimony of his valuable and zealous services in obtaining from the members of the club nearly £3OO to pay the institution the cost of the lifeboat and transporting carriage stationed at Grange, Isle of Wight. Capt. WASHINGTON, R N., hydrographer to the Admiralty, called the attention of the committee to the desirability of erecting large barometer indica tors where practicable on the coast, so that seamen and fishermen might be warned when in the har bour or offing, about two miles frem the land, of a coming storm. Mr. Sopwith, President of the Meteorological Society, who takes great interest in the suceess of the barometer department of the lifeboat institu tion's operations, exhibited at the meeting some fine specimen models of the proposed indicators. The institution decided that barometer indicators should, in the first instance, be stationed in Northumber land in compliment to his Grace the Duke of North umberland, president of the society. Also, that one be stationed at Wick, in Scotland, and another at Arklow, in Ireland. To carry out effectually this valuable suggestion a large sum would be required by the institution to fit up the indicators. When it is remembered that nearly 1,000 persons annually perish from wrecks on our coasts, every friend of humanity must rejoice in the establishment of any practicable plan for the mitigation of the fear ful misery such a loss of life must cause in the homes of our seamen and others. A good barometer if carefully watched, is an infallible indicator of a coming storm ; and the day cannot surely be dis tant when a barometer cannot be made as portable as pocket chronometer. Mr. Glaisher, F.R.S., verifies each barometer of the Lifeboat Institution by the Greenwich standard ; and it was decided to request the makers not to sell any instruments in its name which had not previously been so verified by 2,r. Claisher, who takes much trouble in per forming this important, but gratuitous duty. Payments amounting to £360 were made on various lifeboat establishments. After a very cordial vote of thanks had been given to the chairman, Mr. Chapman, for the con tinued kind interest in, and his Tenable services to, the society, the proceedings closed. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, A meeting of this institution was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap man, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present Sir E. Perrott, Bart., Adroiral Cator, Captain Washington, R.N., Hydrographer to the Admiralty; Admiral Bullock, T. B. Potter, Esq., V.P.,of Manchester; Al ex . B oe t e f eur , E sq., Capt. De t. Croix, E. H. Chapman, Esq., Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., C. 8., F.R.S.; Montague Gore, Esq., and Captain Ward, RN., Inspector of Lifeboats to the Institution. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, read the minutes of the previous meeting. A reward of £6los. was voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat, stationed at Seaton Carew, on the Durham coast, forputting off in her and savin ,, the crew of seven men, from the brig Eliza, of Mid dlesborough, which, during stormy weather and a strong sea, had been wrecked on Tees bar on the 16th ult. The cost of this lifeboat was a gift to the institution of Wm. ll'Kerrell, Esq., who had also paid to the societythe expense of the Fraserburgh lifeboat, which was called the Havelock. The sum of £7 ss. was also voted to pay the ex pense of the lifeboat belonging to the institution, situated at Rosslare Fart, on the coast of Wexford, for putting off in tow of a steamtug, and saving the crew of six men of the Danish brigantine Freid, which during a gale of wind was wrecked on the Doggey Bank Sand, oa the 20th ult. It was in vain that two shore boats had previously attempted to save the poor fellows; but immediately the cable which attached the lifeboat to the steamer was let go, she was pulled, it was said, with a will towards the unfortunate ship, and right nobly she behaved under the most perilous circumstances. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr. J. S. Roderick, Richard Halse, Wm. Stewart (Coastguard men), and Wm. Corbert, coxswain of the lifeboat, and a reward of £7 to the crew, in acknowledgment of their intrepid and persevering services in the lifeboat of the institution sta tioned at Ardmore, in rescuing, under the most dangerous and adverse circumstances, the crew of eight men of the schooner Diana, of Fredericksham, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked in Ardmore Bay on the 26th ult. The lifeboat, by striking repeatedly against the wreck was seriously injured on the occasion. The Rev. Mr, Wale, the Roman Catholic clergyman, was also presented with the thanks of the institution for the important and valuable services he rendered on the occasion. The amount of £8 was also granted to the crew of the Filey lifeboat of the society, for saving, on Sunday last, the crew of seven men of the brig Gloucester, of South Shields, which, during a gale of wind with sleet, was wrecked in Filey Bay on the morning of that day. A few weeks since this valuable lifeboat, which is upwards of 30 years old, and which has probably saved as many lives as any lifeboat in the kingdom, was the means of rescuing six men from the Flying Fish, of Whitby, which was also one of the oldest of our collier brigs. A reward of £7 was also voted to the crew of the Cullercoats lifeboat of the National 'ifeboat Institution, for saving the lives of six persons from the schooner Lively Nelly, of Seaham, wrecked on the sands off Whitley, near that place, on Tuesday last. She broke up almost immediately after the crew had been saved by the prompt exertions of the lifeboat's crew. The poor men were in a sad state of exhaustion from exposure and fatigue. A reward of £l4 was given to the crew of the institution's' lifeboat stationed at Brooke, Isle of Wight, for twice offering, in replies to signals of distress, to save the crew of the brigantine John Westley, which was wrecked in Compton Bay on Monday last. The institution also voted £lO to the widow of a coastguard man named M'Leod, who had unfortunately lost his life by a large piece of rock falling on him whilst he was being lowered down a cliff to see if there was any one on board the brigantine, after she had drifted close to the shore. The crew had previously been taken on board a steam-tug. £9 was also granted to the crew of the Padstow lifeboat, belonging to the institution, for saving the crew of five men of the shooner Nuggett, of Bide ford, which during a violent gale, and in a heavy sea, had foundered on the Doomed Bar Sand, off Padstow, late on New Year's-eve. A reward of £6 was also granted to the crew of the Haneley lifeboat of the society, for. going off and saving the crew of six men of the schooner Prospect, of Berwick, which had foundered in the Coquet Roads, Northumberland, l a t e on M on d ay n i g h t last. Several women had laudably assisted in launching the lifeboat on the occasion. A reward of £6 lOs was likewise voted to the crew of the Walmer lifeboat, for putting offin reply to signals of distress from the Goodwin Sands, on the night of the 17th ult., and afterwards assisting with other boats in getting the Russian barque Ulrica off her dangerous position on the Goodwin. This valuable lifeboat also went off on Tuesday last to the French 'barque Duguay Trouin, of St. Vaast, on the same fatal sands, and assisted to bring her to a place of safety, her crew having previously de serted her in their long boat. Payments, amounting to £25, were voted to the crews of the Dungeness, Padstow, and Fowey life boats belonging to the institution, for putting off in the night in reply to signals of distress to ves sels, but which, on the approach of the boats, had either declined their services, or had had their crows saved by other means. A reward of £l4 was also granted to the crew of seven men of the lugger Lively, of Margate, in testimony of their laudable and persevering con duct in rescuing five out of the six persons from the Datch galliot, Hillechina, which had been wrecked on the Kentish Knock on the 12th ult. The poor fellows had been in the rigging four days and three nights before their perilous and forlorn situation was observed. When rescued they were more dead than alive, and presented a most heart-rending appearance. The poor master had sunk under his frightful sufferings. 2 The silver medal of the institution and £1 was voted to Thomas Brown, and £1 each to his crew of three men, for putting off in Brown's fishing-boat and rescuing, at considerable risk of rife the crew of six hands f rom th e Dan i sh schooner Julius, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked off Cres well, on the Northumberland coast, a few weeks ago. It was somewhat singular that, whilst others were hesitating, a whole family of fishermen had put off in the boat. When being pushed off, the boat got stove. The water rushed in, and death seemed to stare the gallant men in the face. With the promptitude which always characterises the seaman, Thomas B rown , th e owner o f th e b oat, instantly threw off his jacket and vest, and with them stopped the gap. With renewed efforts they then pulled towards the wreak, over which the huge seas were making a complete breach. In a few minutes after the crew had been saved, the ship went to pieces. A reward of £3 was also voted to a boat's crew of six men for putting off and saving the crew of ten men of the brig Sutcliffe, of Cork, which, some time since, during a severe gale, was wrecked at Arniel, near Ardrossan. Various other rewards were afterwards voted for saving life from wrecks. It was reported that the Institution had lifeboats ready to be sent to Solsey Hill, on the Sussex coast; Penarth, near Cardiff; and to Orme's Head, near Liverpool. An interesting report was read by Captain WARD, R.N., Inspector of Lifeboats to the Institution, on his recent tour of inspection of its lifeboats in Scot land and on the north-east coast of England. He had found everywhere the lifeboatestablishmentsin eycellent order, and the crews perfectly satisfied with their lii,lloats and the arrangements made by the institution for the efficient wuz!;ing th boats. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—fan. 3. MANSION-HOUSE.—A well-dressed man, named Henry Bell, who was stated to be very re spectably connected, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with felony, under the following rather peculiar circumstances. The prisoner ap peared to be very faint and weak, and he was allowed to be seated during the investigation. Mr. Wontner, the solicitor, appeared in support of the charge, and Mr. Beard attended on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Wontner briefly opened the case, and said, that the prosecutors were Messrs. Croesdell, Brock sopp, and Co., wholesale cheese-dealers, in Miles lane, and they charged the defendant with having defrauded them of their property in a very impu dent manner. Having given a brief narrative of the facts, the following evidence was adduced:— Mr. Frederick Croesdell deposed that he carried on business in partnership with Mr. Broeksopp, as wholesale cheese-factors, in Miles-lane, and about two months ago the prisoner called upon him and purchased some goods, for which he paid. He came again and wanted more goods, but in conse nuence of information witness had received, he told him distinctly that he would not let him have any goods unless he paid cash for them. The prisoner after this did purchase some goods, but witness gave the carman instructions not to leave them without the money, and as the prisoner would not pay for them the carman brought them back. The prisoner came again to the warehouse on Wednes day, and selected goods to the amount of I:12 2s. 7d.,. and witness told him distinctly that he would not let him have the goods unless he paid cash for them, and the prisoner told him that he would send the money back. by the carman. At the time the goods were sent away he gave the carman an in voice upon which there was a stamp, and gave him strict injunctions not to leave the goods without the prisoner gave him the money. Mr. Beard asked the witness whether the first transaction that took place between him and the prisoner was not to the amount of £63 and whether he did not receive that sum from the prisoner, and he admitted that this was so. Richard Rowland, the prosecutor's carman, de posed that he took the goods to the prisoner's shop in Clarence-place, Hackney, and found him there, and handed him the invoice, and at the same time said that he had orders not to leave the goods without the money. The prisoner told him that if he would bring the goods into the shop he would pay for them, and not without. He agreed to take the goods into the shop upon that condition, and took them out of his cart and placed them where the prisoner directed him. He again demanded the money, but the prisoner only laughed at him, and made use of very foul language, and said that *now he had got the goods he would see him before he would pay him for them. He then com menced cutting up the bacon he had taken to him, and asked him in a jeering manner whether he should not like to have the goods back again. Ha waited for about an hour and a half in the hope that the prisoner would pay him, and at length the prisoner threatened that if he did not go away be would kick him out of the shop, and he then went back, and told his master what had taken place. Mr. Arthur Brooksopp, the partner of the first witness, stated that, upon hearing from the carman what had taken place, he went in the evening to the prisoner's shop and asked him to pay him for his goods. The moment he did so the prisoner ordered him to leave the shop, and made a rush at him, and said that if he did not go he would stab him, and ho was obliged to make the best of his way out of the shop. Having procured the assistance of a police man he gave the prisoner into custody. The witness then stated that upon examining the things in the shop he found that the greater portion of the arti cles were " dummies," and consisted of composition painted over to resemble cheeses ltd half-firkins of butter. (A laugh.) Mr. Beard asked the witness whether it was not a very usual thing for persons in the cheesemougery trade to make use of those dummies in their busi ness. Mr. Brocksopp replied that some cheesemongers did so, but ho did not like the practice, and his firm made it a rule not to trust persons who adopted the system referred to. Mr. Beard, at the close of the case for the prose cution, asked for a remand, as he said he should be able to prove that there was an understanding that the goods were sold upon credit. He also reminded his lordship that it was admitted that goods to a very much larger amount had been paid for, and these would also have been if immediate payment had not been insisted upon. This annoyed the prisoner, and had led to his certainly having acted with indiscretion, but he submitted that the charge of felony had not been supported. He asked for a remand in order that he might have an opportu nity of bringing witnesses forward who would prove that the goods were sold upon credit. The Lord Mayor, upon this representation, con sented to remand the prisoner, and allowed him to go at large upon entering into his own recognisance in £BO, with two sureties in £4O each. CLERKENWELL. IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER TIIE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT.-Mr. Thomas Lewis, 82, Upper street, Islington, the owner of the premises situate at John's-place, Great Arthur-street, St. Luke's, was summoned before Mr. Barker, by the parish authorities of St. Luke's, to show cause why an order should not be made under the provisions of the Metropolitan Local Management Act, 1855, requiring him to pay to the vestry of the said parish of St. Luke's, Middle sex, the sum of £12105., being the expense of cer tain work executed by the vestry at John's-place, within their district, under the Local Management Act. Mr. Stable, from the office of Mr. Parson, vestry clerk, attended to support the complaint, and Mr. Lewis for the defence. The case having heedfully argued on both sides, the following points were left for the magistrate's decision :-Ist. That the vestry could not turn a privy into a water-closet. 2d. That no notice had been given to do the works done; and 3d. That the act was to be construed with the Nuisances Removal Act, and before the works could be done there must be an order ofjusticcs to do the work. Mr. Barker said—l have considered this case with attention, and also the different clauses of the act of Parliament. I cannot see anything to justify the converting of a common privy. into a watercloset. The case of Tickler P. the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District, had been cited by Mr. Lewis, 1 and it is plain from that th at the powers sought for by the complainants cannot be taken under the Nuisances Removal Act. Lord Justice Turner in tiiat case says—" The notices served by the defen dant upon the plaintiffs upon Jan. 27 and June 8, 1857, purport to be given under the Metropolis Local Aianagement Act, 18 and 19 Vic., cap. 121, and they are entitled under both these acts, for it seems clear that the defendants cannot justify their proceeding in this case under the latter, the Nuis ances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts. That act g i v es no authority to enter upon any premises in such a , :ase as the present, except in the event of disobedience' to the order of the justices ; but there has been here no order of justices. If, therefore, the case of the (lei Pendants can be supported at all, it must be under th e Metropolis Local Management Act, and indeed upon that act the defendant relied." This decision is pl'eC' el Y like this, because they had done nothing. the Nuisances Removal Act. I have looked into tc case with great care, and at - the complainants woult. l am clearly of opinion th, not be justified in converL 'ng a privy into a water closet. I cannot therefore .feel myself justified in making this order. The case have quoted is pre cisely on all fours with the pres.'nt, and after the decision given by Lord Justice Turn,:r I cannot make the order. I cannot ace that is the slightest pos sible difference between the cases. Of cUurse, alter the decision given in the courts, a court much sup e rior to this, I shall have no objection to have my judgment reviewed. The only difference between this case and the Wandsworth one is, that here only one watereloset is concerned, while there there were altogether more than 30. Lord Justice Knight Bruce in giving judgment in the same case was equally clear, for he said—" The defendants claimed, and claim that power solely under the 18th and 19th Victoria, cap. 120 and cap. 121, often mentioned, and of necessity much discussed during the argu ment, but especially the cections 81 and 85 of cap. 120. Remarkable as some of the provisions of that statute seem to be I am of opinion that they do not deal with the rights of property in such a way as the defendants contend they do, nor can I find in ' the two statutes, or either of them, any warrant for what the defendants have b: en attempting, and now insist upon. The question is, not whether they have power to cause or order privies within their district to be put in a proper or decent state, but it is whether they have the right or power to force on , the plaintiff the mechanical contrivance of water- I closets, with their requisite apparatus, for whioli he is to find water supply as best he may, instead of the privies (sufficient as privies, if kept in a concU ton proper for such conveniences), which are upon the land for the purposes of his thereon." After such an expression as this, I cannot myself see how I can make any order, and I' think if your attention had been directed to this case, you would not have proceeded further in the matter. Mr. Stable—Will your worship give us a case to ' the Court of Queen's Bench, so that we can appeal against your decision ? Mr. Barker—Yes, most certainly; but you had better look at the case I have referred to. Mr. Lewis applied for costs, as they had been brought to the court two days. Mr. Barker remarked that there had been £l2 lOs spent on the premises, and suggested that nothing more should be said about the question of costs. Mr. Lewis said that his client had reaped no benefit. The work was only completed on the Saturday. No account was rendered to his client, but on the Monday following the present summons was applied: for. He applied for costs because it was one private individual against a large parish with plenty of funds, and it was a hardship on his client. Mr. Barker said if the costs were pressed for he must allow them, but he should have thought that so much work having been done, that would have been sufficient. Mr. Stable said he should most certainly apply for his case within the three days allowed. Mr. Barker allowed one guinea costs, and dis missed the summons. DOVER SAILORS' HOME. We have much pleasure in publishing the eighth annual report of this very excellent institution, the doors of which are always open to the distressed and shipwrecked of all nations : " The directors have again to congratulate their sub scribers and friends upon the continued prosperity of the Home, success having attended the institution from its commencement up to the present time. Every expectation regarding it has been fulfilled ; and the more it becomes knom n by the seafaring class, the more is it appreciated by them. It is difficult to conceive and impossible to describe the comfort which the home affords to poor destitute ship wrecked men, so many of whom, of different nations, and from different parts of the world, are landed at Dover. If a ship founders either in the Atlantic or in the North Sea, and the crew are providentially picked up, they are most frequently brought to Dover as the neerest port which the friendly vessel makes in her homeward voyage. The largest proportion of foreign crews wrecked in the Channel and brought to the home have been Frenchmen. It is but jus tice to the South-Eastern Railway Company to record with thanks their long. continued generous conduct in passing free to any part of their line all weeked men who are landed at Dover, and whose case is authenticated. The Shipwrecked Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society continues to defray its stipulated proportion of the expenses incurred for wrecked men at the Homo, and to forward them to their destination. This society is very strongly recommended by the directors to the kind consideration of the public. A large number of men have been entered at the Home as members of this society. Several sick and wounded sailors have in the course of the year been forwarded to the Seaman's Hospital, the Dreadnought. A few more youths have also been entered for continuous service, according to the regulations of the Admi ralty, for her Majesty's Navy. With reference to the pro posed Government school for navigation, under the auspices of the directors, as mentioned in the last report, the inhabi tants of Dover made no response. The directors therefore felt that it was their duty to decline the very liberal offers of the Government, and to advise that the establishment of such a school be for the present abandoned ; with the hope, however, that it is only postponed for a time. Capt. Ryder, R.N., was commissioned to come down. to Dover on behalf of her Ma jesty's Government. His report for the commencement of such a school in connection with the Dover Sailors' Home was of a very favourable character. The inhabitants cannot hereafter complain of any loss in the matter of the education of those children who were intended for the sea, which has arisen entirely from their own apathy. The Hon. Secre tary having succeeded, on his own account, in purchasing a site, and in building a school-room, adjoining the Mariners' Church, at 'an expense of £350 (the whole of which is paid)—in a deed of gift has placed the building at the disposal of the directors, and as the property of the Home. The deeds of conveyance are drawn out and handed over to the Sailors' Home free of charge, by the hon. soli citor, G. Fielding, Esq. In the event of a navigation school being hereafter established, this building will be found of .essential service; or beds can be made up in it should a larger number of wrecked men be landed at Dover at one time than the Home can accommodate. The balance sheet will be the best expositor of the financial state of the institution; all debts are paid. The directors feel it to be no slight matter to be able to report that there aro now no liabilities upon the building, and no outstanding accounts for the current expenses. Since the completion of the house upwards of £6OO has been paid oft. Four hundred pounds of this was due to John A. Beaumont, Esq., the liberal patron of the institution, who, in addition to a donation of £5O and other gifts, advanced the money free of interest, until (without limitation of time) the directors were en abled to return to him the money so kindly advanced. The directors beg to acknowledge the receipt of a largo quantity of cast-off clothing for the use of destitute shipwrecked men. These clothes aro found of essential service in many cases where the crews are not members of the Shipwrecked Marines' Society. Further contributions will be received with thanks. The receipt of coke from Messrs. Anderson and Jones ; of local papers from their respective proprie tors ; together with books and charts from various friends, are acknowledged with thanks. The directors cannot con clude their annual report without again expressing their humble acknowledgment to Almighty God for the success of the past, and their trust to Him for His blessing upon the future. They would urge upon their friends continued exertion in behalf of this national establishment. Every wrecked crew that has been brought within it has been from other some port, either British or foreign, not from Dover. Upon this ground the directors feel that, as hitherto, so for the future the Home should be supported— not alone by the inhabitants of Dover, where, as the most eligible spot for general purposes, the institution is located —but by all who have the interest of the seafaring class a heart. The:directors hope that the subscriptions in 1861 will be so liberal as to enable them to enlarge the sphere of there operations ; and to put the home in such a state of efficiency, in all its departments, as shall render it still more worthy of the high position which it holds [amongst the philanthropic institutions of the various seaports of Great Britain." [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag. gtavate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the " INVALIDS' OWN GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex p ?nse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhcca, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruption!, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi tation, heartburn, headach e , d espondency, CramPs' s pasms, sinking, fits, bronctitis,7." liiique4loll4bly the W" -s t9.44314,!J 4N MISR MARRIAGE BY SCOTTISII LA TV An interesting ceremony was ratified and declared before Sheriff Strathern on Saturday which happily illustrates an old principle of Scottish law, under the forms prescribed by the act passed two or three years ago to abolish the too hasty unions which, had previously been celebrated chiefly at Gretna Green. The bride and bridegroom on this occasion had travelled all the way from Ballymena, in the county of Antrim. The latter is a gentleman of fortune, of the susceptible age of 17, and a ward in Chancery ; while the bride is an accomplished young lady, only three years his senior, endowed with remarkable personal charms. The Lord Chancellor, it appears, had refused to assent to the marriage, not from any objection to the choice 1 which his ward had made, but from a desire to decline the responsibility of authorising a union which might have very important effects on the destination of the property in the meantime under his keeping. In this dilemma the youthful lovers bethought them of a trip to Bonnie Scotland. To the Firth of Clyde accordingly they sailed, accom panied in this most interesting voyage of life by the young lady's uncle and by the stepfather of her accepted suitor. Upon arriving in Glasgow they were informed by the legal adviser to whom they confided their tenser tale, that they must reside 40 days in Scotland if ti:iey would be married according to the forms of the Church, or 21 days if they chose the simpler and direeLer process of the civil law. 'They- preferred the shor,ter period, and on Satur day t. he 21 days of probatfon had transpired, and promp try at the appointed hour the youthful couple, accomp anted by the uncle and ,stepfather, appeared before tie legal agent, who had all arranged for the pending , ceremony. A stamped document was pro duced, in which the loving pair declared before witnesses that they were man and wife, and engaged to perform the duties of husband and spouse re spectively till death should them p art. The people at the hotel in which they lived vere ready, of course, to testify to the legal period of residence,, and thus armed at all points the happy pair pro ceeded to the chambers of Mr. Sheriff Strathern, where the marriage was formally declared ratified, and taken legal note of. The next step was to re pair to the registrar of the district, who entered the particulars of the marriage in his books, and gave the married couple a certificate, which, according to the recent act, is a good and valid declarator of marriage in all parts of the United Kingdom. The ceremony was now concluded, and the same even ing the marriage party departed in the steamer for Ireland.—Dublin Morning Journal. COUJNTRY MARKETS. BIRNLINGHAM-JAN. 3. A good business was done in wheat to-day, with a full supply . English old and new wheat must be quoted at is:advance on late rates. Barley held for is more money. Oats were 6d dearer. Beans and peas held firmly, and were fully as dear. MANCHESTER-JAN. 3. Best: English wheats brought is per qr advance on last week. Best American so'd at 2d per 701bs higher, with a moderate re quest. French flour sold at 6d to is per sack higher, witfi an improved demand. English and Ameri can also imp/ oved 6d to is per sack more money ; but sales slow. Oats I\vere ld per 4.51 b, and oatmeal 6d per load up. Beans and Ind ian corn fully as clear. MEI,TON MOIVBRAY-JAN. 2. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, which sold at about late rates fo; good descliptlors, while inferior were a middling sale. Bariey as before; oats in moderate demand ; and our quotations sustained Prices :—White wheat, 563 Od to 63s Od; red, 50s Od to 60s per 36 stone; barley was steady, at 32s to 42s for mating-, and 28s to 34s per qr. for grinding ; oats, 29s to 38s Od per 24 stone; beans, 50s to 55s for old; new, 50s per 33 st. PLYBIOUTH-JAx. 1. The market was dull, wit la sn inactive sale, at about the currencies of last week for vviteat, howdy :—English whits wheat, 64s to 765; red, 64s to 66s per qr; French do., 61e to 63s ; American, 68s to 70s; Spanish, 69s to 70s ; 60s to 625. Barley in good supply, at 348 to 368 per qr; malting, 36s to 445; oats, 218 to 28s; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 46s to 18s. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JAN. 2. Wheat on the top is Od down ..average 8d down. Barley on the top Os Gd up... average Os lld up. Oats on the top is Od up.... average Os 10d up. Beans on the top 2s Od down average is 10d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat .... -12ths Barley 2 1 8 5-12ths Oats 1 9 4 6-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1131 qrs Sold 849 qrs 8ar1ey........1957 qrs Sold 1479 qrs Oats .1325 qrs Beans BO qrs Sold 67 qrs CORK—JAx. 2. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat. 22s Od to 29s 6d ; white, 29s Od to 33s ad; barley 14s Od to 21s Od ; oats, 15s Od to 15s 2d. DERBY SMITHFIELD-JAN. 1. There was a small supply of fat beasts to-day, and higher prices were asked. The supply of fat sheep was rather scarce, and they were readily disposed of. Fat and store calves were few, as also pigs, but the demand good. Beef 64d to 7fd Mutton .. 7d to 8d Lamb —d to —d Hides, 34d to 4f d ; Veal Pork Rough fat, 5s 6d per atone. calf skins, 5d to old, THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Jan. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Jan. 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. Dec. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Dec. Cuba and Mexico Dec. 29 Canada, &c. (via Galway) Dec. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Jan. 2. Do (via Marseilles) Jan. 12 Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • • .. Jan. 2 India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Jan. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Jan. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 4. Lisbon .• .. 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Thirt een years ' cough, in digestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Ara him Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoid e d by us i ng D u B arry ' s Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 5C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, 'lv Ahout purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspep s i a ) nervous , bili ous and liver complaints and all their consequomees. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew tire, MD., 1.R.5., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, D r. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful clangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nev ill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabiza Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly fake. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, onthoseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls.; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, R e . gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbit, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 63 and 150, ox bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street, City ; at 127, High Holborn; and all grocers BIRTHS. MEAD.—On the 2d inst., at Elthate, Rent, Mrs. John Mead, of a daughter. OSBORNE.—On the 27th ult., at Whittlesford, Cambridge shire, the Lady William Godolphin Osborne, of a son. TROWER.—On New Year's-day, Mrs. George Trower, at 33, Hyde-park-square, of twine, a son and daughter. , - WooLAsToN.—On the 29th ult., at Shenten Hail, Leices tershire, the wife of Major Woolasten, of a daughter. MARRIAuES. BOURICE—GRIFFITIIS.—On the 3d inst., at the &dory, East Woodhay, H an t s , P a get J. Bourke, Captain n th Regt., to Henrietta Wilh e lmina, only daughter o f t h e late Colonel Hugh G r iffiths, H.A i.c.S. EDWARDS —CHAPLI N .-- On the 2d inst., at Ha r l ow, t h e Rev. F. Edwards, 13. A., of Leeds, to Sar a h E l i zabeth, the only daughter of Thomas Chaplin, E sq., of Harlow, . Essex. DV ATH S. ADAMS,—On the 2d inst., at his residence, Brixton, Ed mend the I.st ult., at Edi n b urgh, the Countess Ed monds Adams, Esq.' EG Of LI E II; I O in on and F ARR. —On the 2d inst., at Hatfield, Hods, Louisa, wife o f G eor ge Farr, Esq. v.—On o Winton. lioLnswouTu.—On the 30th ult., at the Vicarage, Brix ham, Devon, the Rev. Robert Holdsworth, vicar for 51 years of Brixham-with-Churston-Ferrers, and senior prebond of Exeter Cathedral, aged 78. SAMPSON.—On the 3d inst., at 'Wishful; Sussex, Richard King Sampson, Esq., aged 87. 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