The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

aw aer a is,. THE NAVI A 11 faita corresT?ondent, in a letter dated Valetta, Feb. P 1, says :•.4'4 Her Majesty's gunboat Foxhound, Corn? nander A. Mitchell, and frigate Melpomene, Capt min C. 1. Ewart, took their departure on Thurs day, 'the "Jig ult., the former with a mail for Corfu, and the 'latter for the coast of Syria to relieve the fri• gate Liffey, IN hich is expected here in a few days. T he F Dab ound returned from Corfu on the 6th inst. ; her Majesty's line-of-battle ship Agamemnon, Capt. Z. Hope, left port on the sth inst ; the line-of-battle !ship Queen, Captain C. Hillyar, on the 6th, and the corvette Scourge, Commander W. Jones, on the 7t'a, all three for Corfu. The line-of-battle ship Renown, Captain A. Forbes, it is said, will follow akortly for the same destination. The line-of-battle %ship Exmouth, Captain I. Paynter, is under orders for Naples, and the line-of-battle ship Caesar, Capt. T. Mason, is refitting. Previous to her departure the officers of the Queen gave a grand ball on board their ship, which was very well attended, and pro nounced to be one of the most successful entertain ments of the kind this season. Her Majesty's ships of war at present in port are—The receiving ship :Hibernia (flag of Rear-Admiral H: J. Codrington, C. 8.) ; line-of-battle ships Renown, Caesar, and Ex mouth ; gunboats Assurance and Fo xhound, is also a Sw e di s h and th e surveying vessel Medina. There corvette here, the Lagerbjelke, Capt. J. L. Melan der, which arrived on Saturday last from Alexandria" The Spitfire, 5. paddle, Lieut.-Commander Al lingham, arrived at Spithead yesterday morn i ng from Plymouth Sound, having on board 20 men of the Marine Light Infantry, volunteered for the Artillery division, and a few naval supernumeraries. The Spitfire was ordered to coal, and proceed on to Woolwich. The Cockatrice, new-class gunboat, made her official trial of speed yesterday at Portsmouth. The mean of her runs at the measured mile gave her a speed of rather over 81 knots. Her engines are 60 horse, nominal, condensing, by Messrs. Penn. Their working gave every satisfaction. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Commander M'Killop, bent sails and took in powder and shell at Ports mouth yesterday. On Monday next she will embark a portion of the 15th brigade of Royal Artillery for conveyance to Alderney. Capt. M'Killop has so far recovered from the effects of the injuries he received on board his vessel as to be discharged from the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar. The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander Nowell Salmon, V.C., arrived at Spithead early yesterday from the West Indies, 22 days from Bermuda. She has had fair and strong winds the whole passage up to Sa turday last, since which time she has had steam up, having made the passage previously under canvass. She was 60 miles off Sully on Thursday last, but was blown off the land. On the following day and night a terrific gale was experienced from the north ward. The ship brought home a mail from Bermuda, which was forwarded to London by morning train. She has returned to England in consequence of the sickness lately on board, and by which she lost six officers and 33 men. It was the dreaded yellow fever, and first made its appearance on board at Belize. Powder and shell were taken out of the ship at Spit head yesterday, and this morning she will go into the harbour to refit, or turn over to another vessel, rumour says the Rinaldo, 17, screw. Her Majesty's ships Nile and Firebrand sailed from Bermuda on the 20th of January. The Firebrand arrived at Bermuda, from Spithead and Madeira on the Sth ultimo. The Isis, 44, being fitted at Chatham for the coast of Africa, is ordered to be undocked on the 25th inst., when she will at once proceed to her destina tion, which is understood to be Sierra Leone. The Bombay, 81, line-of-battle screw steamer, converting at Chatham, is expected to be entirely completed and ready to be undocked by the end of next month. Her Majesty's ship Trident, Commander Nicolas, was yesterday thoroughly inspected at her moor ings off Woolwich dockyard by the Commodore superintendent, when the crew were put through a course of small arms exercise on the quarter deck prior to her departure. The whole arrange ment of the ship and the discipline established met with the Commodore's approbation, which he was pleased to express to Commander Nicolas before leaving the ship. The Trident subsequently sailed at 3 p.m. for Sheerness, to receive her sailing orders from the port admiral (Hope Johnstone) at that station. It is expected that the Trident will remain on the home station until June, when she will proceed to the West Coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade. The screw steam gunvessel Philomel, 5, Com mander Leveson Wildman, from Portsmouth, ar rived on Tuesday evening at Plymouth, where she has embarked two shipwrights to do duty as car penters' mates at the Island of Ascension. The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D. Rogers, is appointed to be removed from No. 3 dock in Keyham stcamyard to-day, when the screw steam gunvessel Penguin, tender to the frigate Narcissus, 51, Capt. Risk, will be placed in that dc sk. Commander Thompson, Queen's harbourmaster, swung the screw steamsloop Flying Fish, 6, Com mander Charles W. Hope, at Plymouth yesterday, and adjusted her compasses. The following appointments have been made at the AdtuFralty :—Lieut. George Robinson to the Britannia; Lieut. Henry Vaughan to the St. Vin cent ; John T. Bremner, surgeon to the Crocodile ; William T. Wilson, surgeon, to the Himalaya ; V. C. Clarke, surgeon, to the Melpomene ; Joshua P. Courtenay, surgeon, to the Hero ; William Bryan, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Hogue, for service in the Harpy; George Robert Beer, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Fisgard, for service in the Bustler ; James Barber, acting third class assist. engineer, to the Asia, as super- numerary, for service in the Sprightly; H. Coller, William Blake loch, Henry Brown, and James W. Anthony, acting third class assist. engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries. TILE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. In the autumn of last year the National Rifle Association invited gunmakers to a competition at llythe, in order to establish the superior merit of the best riffe. The prize of the competition was the supply of 20 rifles of the successful pattern to be presented by the Association to the best shots at the next national meeting at Wimbledon. The competition was appointed for Tuesday last, on the practice ground at the School of Musketry ; and as the day approached there was reason to expect that at least half-a-dozen of the best makers would take part in the contest ; but Mr. Whitworth has carried off all the honours. At the appointed hour on Tuesday morning General Hay, Colonel Wilford, Captain Coles, and other officers of the School of Musketry. witn Lord Elcho and Captain Mildmay, of the National Rifle Association, came on the practice-ground. There were also present Mr. Whitworth, of Manchester; Mr. Edge, of Man chester; Mr. Henry, of Edinburgh ; Mr. Smith, London, armourer to the National Association ; Mr. Fletcher, Glocester ; and Mr. Reeves, Birmingham -- these last gentlemen being gunmakers, but only the_ gentlemen first named came with an y i n t en ti on oftaking part in the competition. Invitation was given to persons to compete in terms of the offer of the Association, to which a response was made on behalf Of Mr. Whitworth alone. At a repetition of the call. Nti. Alexander Henry, of St. Andrew street, Ediuburghl;.llii came. forward and announced that he was both i lg:and anxious to compet e , but as his rifles — ._whi ch Were sporting rifles, and not military r ifl es _ would not fit the mechanical rest provided by the School of Musketry, and no other rest was th en at his command, he as pre cluded from enterin g, on the contest in the form in which it was invited, thOugh he was ready to com pete in any manner on equal terms. General Ha y expressed his sympathy w i t h Mr. Henry in his disappointment as to the "rest," and said that, the competition being limited by the reg u l at i ons laid down there was no alternative but to abide by those regulations as to the method of procedure. A third call being then given,and no response coming th ere t o, Gen. Hay declared Mr. Whitworth to be the success ul candidate, Mr. icwy then addressed the General, and said that as he had been unable from not previ onsly understanding the peculiar construction of the military rest, to enter on the comp tition for the supply of the prize rifles, he was willing, by way of test of the relative merits of r:fles, to back his claim to the superiority of his rifle with a chal lenge of £lOO. With this challen_. e, of course, Gen. Hay could not deal, and no other person ap peared to take it up. It had been expected that Mr. Edge would enter the lists against Mr. Whit worth, but it became understood on the ground that that gentleman declined to contend, unless each competitor used the same rest, Mr. Whitworth having availed himself of the offer of the association to the makers to bring their own rests on the ground for the use of their own rifles. The formal proceedings having closed, the rifle of Mr. Henry was then carefully scrutinised by the officers pre sent, of whom there were a large number, and sub jected to a trial at the targets, at 900 and 1,000 yards' distances, for four hours. The trial was watched with lively interest, The bullets were placed in the targets at 1,000 yards' distance from a sandbag rest in a line not exceeding three feet long by 30 inches broad. On Saturday last the London Rifle Brigade being prevented by the weather from marching out, at tempted, for the first time under such circum stances, battalion drill in the Guildhall. The batta lion first formed was paraded by Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, the second by Major Rose. The great con course of spectators drawn together by the spectacle circumscribed the number and size of the companies, so as to exclude a large number of members who were present and desirous of falling in; still as an experiment the parade gave great satisfaction to all concerned, proving that a good drill may be obtained even on the " wet Saturdays" which have hitherto so interfered with exercise. The Rev. W. Thomson, D.D., Preacher of Lin coln's-inn, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, has been nominated Hon. Chaplain to the Inns of Court Corps; and Mr. Walter Coulson, of St. Mary's Hospital (nephew of the late Mr. W. Coulson, Q.C.), is appointed surgeon. The following gen_ tlemen have also been elected members of the committee :—Mr. J. C. Selwyn, Q.C., M.P. ; Mr. T. Chitty, Sir H. M'C. Cairns, Q.C., M.P., Mr. K. Parker, Captain Balmer, Captain Chitty, the Hon. A. F. 0. Liddell, Mr. A. Bailey, Mr. H. Hob house, and Mr. W. P. Murray. The 2d Hants Volunteer Artillery Corps held their first annual meeting at their head -quarters, High-street, Portsmouth, on Monday evening, for the election of non-commissioned officers to vacan cies, and to receive the report on the financial state of the corps for the year ending the 31st of Dec., 1860. At the conclusion of the election of non commissioned officers the balance•sheet (copies of which were distributed to each member) was read to the meeting. After the balance-sheet had been read the commandant of the corps, Major Hall (barrackmaster at Portsmouth), addressed the meet ing. At the conclusion of the gallant officer's address the resignation of the commandant was brought before the meeting. The Artillery Volun teers of Hampshire have been formed into one administrative brigade, the command of which has been conferred by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county on the Assistant-Master Shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard, Lieut.-Colonel Sturdee, commanding the 3d Hants (Dockyard) Artillery Volunteers, and holding superior volunteer rank to any other officer in the brigade. The commandant of the 2d Hants being a military man, and holding an official position in the garrison, intimated his disinclination to retain the command of his corps under such circumstances. It has been resolved by the corps to entertain their commandant at a banquet prior to his resigning his command, and steps have been already taken to carry out the project. At the monthly parade of the 2d Cinque Ports Artillery, on the sth inst., Captain Boys, R.N. first lieutenant), presented a silver watch, with suitable inscription, and a purse of ten sovereigns, to Master Gunner Greenwood, R.A., as an expres sion of respect from the officers and gunners of the corps, to whom ho has for the past 12 months acted as drill instructor. Captain Page, senior adjutant of the Edinburgh Rifle Regiment, has been appointed to the adju tancy of the London Scottish. The admirable manner in which this officer discharged his duties on the occasion of the Holyrood review is said to have commended him to the notice of Lord Elcho, who was a close and active spectator on that memorable occasion. The Edinburgh Rifle Regi• ment assembled on Saturday for the first time this year, and marched several miles into the country. It is said that the Lord Advocate is about to resign the office of Lieut.-COI. Commandant, his profes sional and public avocations preventing him from devoting sufficient time to the duties. Captain M'Donald, of the 4th Artisan Company, has been appointed major of the 2d battalion, but no similar appointment has yet been made for the first. A special parade of the Hallamshire Rifles (Shef field Volunteers) was held on Tuesday Evening, and a letter was read from Lord Wharncliffe, ac cepting the appointment of Licut.-Colonel. Several gentlemen of high standing in the town were no minated as officers of the new companies raised, and to fill vacancies created by promotions, and the greatest unanimity and good feeling prevailed. On Monday evening the men of the 13th Wor cestershire Rifle Volunteers assembled at the Guild hall, at Worcester, in consequence of an intimation from their Captain (M‘Leod) of his intention to resign the post of commanding officer. Captain M‘Leod explained that this necessity arose, not from any diminished interest which he took in the corps, but from the fact that being an officer in the regular army—the Madras Artillery—he had been called upon to do active duty in his own regiment. WARNINGS OF THE APPROACH OF STORMS. Admiral Fitzroy writes to the Times that all the much-frequented parts of our coasts might have been warned—a very few places were actually warned—three days before the recent storm. On Wednesday last the following notice was given at Aberdeen, Hull, Yarmouth, Dover, Liverpool, Queenstown, Valentia, and Galway (besides other places), by telegraph—" Caution : Gale threaten ing from south-west and thcn northward. Show signal drum." This signal referred to the follow ing plan, organised at the Board of Trade, but not yet in full operation : A staff and two canvas shapes being provided, the following use will be made of them occasion , ally—perhaps once or twice in a month. One shape—that of a drum (or cylinder), has the appear ance of a bl ac k Square of three feet (seen from any , point of vi e w), w h en suspended. The other shape, a cone three feet high, appears triangular (from any point of view), when suspended. A cone, with the point upwards, sh ozs eo t u h e a , t w a i ial t e h is pro bable from the no r th war d. downwards, shows that a ga l e i s probable fro em poi th n t e southward. A drum, alo ne , shows thatdangerous winds may be expected from nearly opposite quar ters successively. A cone and d rum give warning of dangerous wind, its probable first di rect i on being b shown by the position of the cone—point up, and above the drum, for polar or northerly wind ; down, and below, for southerly. Whenever such a signal is shown (in consequence of a telegram from Lon don) it will be kept up—shown distinctly —till dusk of that day only, unless otherwise instructed afterwards. These cautionary or warning signals advert to winds during part of the next following two or three days; and therefore due vigilance should prevail from the beginning of such time until the weather is again thoroughly settled. No further steps aro necessary for these cbjects at the telegraph stations for the present. Other organi sation may follow when the coast-guard have pre pared arrangements for repeating these signals along the coast, to certain distances. A conspi cuous place should be selected for signalling near the telegraph station. Admiral Fitzroy adds :—" Adverting to frequent expressions of surprise at the rising of a barometer with or before northerly gales, I would here re peat what has been reiterated and explained else where --that the air is lighter, as well as warmer, during southerly winds ; heavier and colder before and during northerly ; and that the influence of eithe r is shown by instruments some hours, if not days, before actual alteration is visiole to ordinary notice." GREAT WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that "although the aggregate revenue of the past half-year exceeds that of the same period in the preceding year (1859), it will be rerr arked, as an exceptional case, that the income derived from pas senger traffic over the Great Western lines has dimi nished (almost for the first time) by no less an amount than £16,885. Two concurrent circum stances sufficiently account for that falling off, one being the diverson of passengers by the opening of the direct railway from Salisbury, by Yeovil, to Exeter, which line is in competition with the Great Western line through Bristol; the other being the wet weather prevalent during the summer and autumn, as well as the severity of frost at the com mencement of winter, both naturally affecting the movement of railway travellers. This deficiency in receipts has, however, been more than counterbal anced by other revenue, derived from merchandise, coals, and cattle, which exceeds the corresponding income in 1850 by the sum of £29,231. The revenue accounts to the 31st December, 1860, of all the Great Western lines and of the Kennet and Avon Canal, belonging to the company, leave a net dis posable balance of £157,154 ss. 10d., after defray ing al: claims for interest and preference charges ; and your directors recommend that the same divi dend shall be paid to the proprietors as was declared for the corresponding period of 1859, viz., at the rate of 31 per cent, per annum, leaving £13,001 19s 3d. to be carried:forward as balance to the cur rent half-year. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. At the half-yearly meeting held yesterday at Manchester, Mr. G. Wilson in the chair, the direc tors' report was unanimously agreed to. The meeting being made special, approved the conversion into stock of the shares known as Black burn 41 pa. cent. £5 preference shares. CHARING-CROSS. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London-bridge Station, the Hon. J. Byng in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said, for some time to come the feature of the greatest interest would be the proceedings of the contractor; and as the works of the bridge across the Thames must necessarily occupy much longer time than any other part of the line, they were accordingly put in hand first. The contractor was now making considerable progress with the works, and by the end of the summer it was probable that the bridge across the river would be erected. They were nowproceeding with the purchase of property. The negotiations were already far advanced for ob• taining possession of the land between the south end of Charing-cross and the station at London bridge, and the works would very shortly be in pro gress along the entire length of the viaduct. They had determined to form the bridge across the Thames with four lines of way, instead of two, as originally contemplated. The Board had also under considera tion the addition of a third line of way along the viaduct, so as to enable the London local traffic to be worked with the greatest economy and despatch. By separating the short from the long traffic, and keeping the local traffic out of the way of the through trains, they should be able to work both with much greater efficiency and regularity, as well as safety, which was a most important point. Notwithstand ing these large additions to tile accommodation of the railway, there was good reason to believe that the cost of providing them would be covered by the authorised capital of the company. He was justified in stating that the expense was within the original estimates, and that the statements which they made before Parliament would be borne out by the actual results. The directors proposed a very important addition to the public accommodation of the line by extending it to Cannon-street, where it would be in the imme diate neighbourhood of the Bank, Royal Exchange, and the centre of city traffic, as at Charing-cross it would be the centre of the west-end traffic. He could not entertain a doubt that such an addition to the railway must necessarily insure a very large addition to the traffic. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. THOMSON seconded the motion. Mr. C. CHILD said he could not support the pro position for extending the line into Cannon-street. He objected to the expenditure of so much capital, which be thought could not be remunerative. He believed the Charing-cross line, as at present au thorised, would be a most successful undertaking, and it ought to be completed as speedily as possible. Sir J. DUKE thought that extension to Cannon street would be of great advantage to the public, and could not fail to be remunerative to the pro prietors. Mr. PARKER believed that the South-Eastern Company, who were the principal proprietors of the undertaking, would give their hearty support to any undertaking that would protect and benefit their property. It was proposed to convey passen gers on the third line of rails from Cannon-street to Charing-cross in six minutes by the proposed line, while it would take 25 minutes by omnibus. There must be a large traffic from that source. Mr. G. SMITH was entirely in favour of the ex tension to Cannon-street. Mr. A. BEATTIE considered that the city terminus in Cannon-street. would be of great value to the South-Eastern Company in developing its long traffic. He hoped Mr. Child would withdraw his opposition. After some observations from Mr. Teulon, Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Ilawkshaw on the advantages of the proposed extension to Cannon-street, the report was adopted, and the retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks :o the chairman and directors. SAN PAULO (BRAZILIAN). At the half-yearly meeting of this company held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. R. A. Heath in the chair, the report was unanimously adopted. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. At the half-yearly meeting held on Tuesday at Darlington, Mr. Meynell in the chair, the report was unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN then moved the declaration of the dividends, payable on the 19th inst., less in come-tax—viz., at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the preference A shares, 6 per cent. per annum on the preference B and C shares, and 91 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares. The motion was carried. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The report of the directors of this company re commend a dividend on the original shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and on the preference shares according to their respective guarantees. TILE CONVICT REVOLT AT CHAVIAM. CHATHAM, WEDNESDAY. A strong guard of troops of the line has been on duty at the convict prison the whole of the day, and also last night, and every precaution has been taken to prevent a recurrence of the outbreak among the prisoners confined in the establishment. At an early hour this morning, in conformity with a request made by Captain Powell, the Governor, Major-General Eyre ordered the whole of the drum-majors of the garrison, with a certain num ber of drummers from each corps to proceed to the prison with the cats and triangles, for the purpose of administering corporal punishment to the prisoners who were yesterday ordered to be flogged by Sir Joshua Jebb and Captain Gambier. Some of the sailors from Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, convicts 7on4ehhni,e whole proceeded to the prison for the same pur pose. The pri soners t o b e fl ogge d were all b roug ht out into the yard, whe r e th e y were stripped an d fastened up to th e t r i an gl es , a guar d o f so ldi ers being st a ti one d roun d . A num b er of t h e stoutest and strongest m en f rom th e b an d were th en se l ecte d and e ineco a uttn c osmh h df obabtst eeehhyinumber the w ogcm foho prisonernmo punished then received three dozen lashes. onci afternoon.ontskg,a flogged waenTroledenha eoed t ac o ailens - tu d og a pa this time. y ie msr drummerstd ae. 36,atifafternoon, eeh a tnFre l l gatoecaa o ohgs f them ruke:mdit, oahi T flogging theeit after receiving his punishment was conveyed to the prison infirmary to be; medically treated. It was remarked that the convicts who behaved in the most outrageous manner during the outbreak were those whose cries were the loudest during the in fliction of the punishment. Many of the prisoners bore their punishment with scarcely a single ery. There are still about 60 convicts ironed in the cells awaiting the decision as to the punishment to be inflicted on them, and it is understood that the whole of that number will be flogged. The con victs have all been kept confined to their cells to-day, and none have left the prison to work. The troops will remain on guard at the prison until further orders from Major-General Eyre., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, Is6l. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. Yesterday the directors of this company resolved to recommend to the proprietors at the ordinary meeting to be held on the 22d inst., a dividend at the rate of 51-per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 31st December last, carrying forward a balance of about £27,000. THE LATE HEAVY GALES. LOSS OF TWO STEAMERS. The weather continues to be unsettled along the coast, and heavy north-east gales, with snow and sleet, appear to have prevailed since Monday evening. By the returns made by Lloyd's agent up to last evening the number of losses and casual ties that occurred during the recent storm amounted to 210. In addition to those already reported, we have to announce the wreck of two steamers and the loss of a large ship bound to Calcutta, with a cargo valued at upwards of £lOO,OOO. There has also been a shocking shipwreck on the Arklow Bank. One of the unfortunate steamers was the London and Jersey iron screw steamer Metropolis, Captain Coker, a fine vessel of 600 tons burden. She was on her return passage from the Thames, and yes terday afternoon, about four o'clock, on making the island, unfortunately struck upon the Rondiere Rock off Elizabeth Castro, and all efforts failed in getting her off. She subsequently filled and settled down and sank, the crew escaping in the boats. By the last accounts it appeared inevitable that she would become a total wreck. Part of her deck cargo was washed ashore. The ship and cargo are insured at Lloyd's. The other steamer was the Syria, belonging to Londonderry, 600 tons burden. A telegram from Fleetwood yes terday announced that while she was on a voyage from Belfast to Morecamb she went ashore on Shell Wharf, where she filled, and it was consi dered very doubtful whether she would be saved. The crew and passengers were safely landed. An other steamer is also reported to have been wrecked. A telegraphic despatch was received yesterday from Otranto, stating that the English steamer William Cory had gone ashore nine miles north of that place. This ship was also covered by an insurance at Lloyd's. While the gale was at its height on Saturday morning, her Majesty's steamer Sea Mew, on her passage to Kingstown, saw a ship in distress on the Arklow Bank. It was at first supposed that she was a steamer, but since the storm had abated, the ill-fated vessel has turned out to be the Tonquin, Captain Batchelor, bound to Santos, from the Clyde. After striking on the bank, the heavy seas carried her off into deep water, and she foundered, all on board-11 men and a woman—perishing. The heaviest loss, as far as regards sacrifice of property, was that of the wreck of the iron-built ship City of Lucknow, belonging to Mr. Smith, of Glasgow, bound to Calcutta, with a very valuable cargo. The ship, which is nearly 1,200 tons bur den, only sailed from the Clyde on the day previ ous to that of her loss, and on arriving off the Bay of Bangor, near Belfast, she drove ashore and became a wreck. The crew and five passengers, with the exception of a sailor named Nelson, were saved. The ship and cargo are insured to the extent, it is reported, of £120,000, in London, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Amongst other losses during the gale are that of the brig Lune, Captain MiMullin, of Workington, and the brig Neptune, Fannan, master, of the same port, which foundered with all hands. The names of the ill-fated ships seen to founder on the north-east coast have not as yet been ascer tained. TEE RED SEA TELEGRAPH. -,. very unsatisfactory answer was returned last night to the question whether the Red Sea and India Telegraph had ever been in complete opera tion during one month. Mr. Gladstone believes that the entire line was never worked for that period ; that it was finished bit by bit, and that its success ful operation even for 30 days was from time to time limited to such one or more of the six sections as had been most recently laid down. Apparently, indeed, the undertaking was carried on in the face of failure, the latter part being wilfully proceeded with in total disregard of the experience furnished by the fate of the first portions, the gain to the parties interested being perfectly secure so long as the prospect could be counted upon of each link proving serviceable for the stipulated interval. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, defers any precise statement on the question, because he is still looking to " the law officers of the Crown," and to the Select Committee to whom the matter, when it shall have been thrown into further com plication by those functionaries, is to be referred. The whole of these movements will simply result in hushing up the entire affair. The public are aware that a complete exposure of its history, which was lately imminent, has been adroitly averted. An action between the company and Messrs. Newall, the contractors, was about to be tried in,the proper law courts, where, from a full examination and cross-examination of all the par ties upon oath, every fact of the slightest import ance would have been brought out, The scientific world would have obtained a knowledge of all cir cumstances bearing upon the failure of the most momentous experinient of modern times, and the public would have seen if there had been any deliberate pecuniary misman agement. But a report soon became current that the affair was to be settled by a compromise, and although this seemed incredible, as the con sent of the Government was necessary, it is stated to have been effected, apparently to the relief of all concerned. The matter is safely deposited before a Select Committee, who have no power to obtain any evidence upon oath, and who can easily be blinded or diverted from all the weak points that it may be expedient to conceal. £BOO,OOO of the public money is gone, and we are actually not to get the experience which is usually obtained• even in a fool's bargain. On the motives, if any there be, for this proceeding it is needless to specu late, especially as no one in the House of Com mons seems disposed to complain of it. If £BOO,OOO had been avowedly wasted through a little over-zealous expenditure on national defences, there would have been plenty of denunciations from all our political patriots; but when that sum is got irid of in a quiet commercial way a little dexterity suffices to keep everything smooth. Two remarks, however, are necessary. The first is as to the sin gular backwardness of the Government in vouch safing any explanation of the grounds on which they selected their present telegraphic advisers ; and the second relates to the apologies put forth for the unconditional guarantee to the Red Sea Com pany, to the effect that the public and'the press were unanimous in desiring it. The Red Sea failure was followed by the Gibraltar failure, and the Gibraltar failure has been followed by the Rangoon failure. These operations have increased our tele graphic losses from £BOO,OOO to £1,200,000 ; but the Government will give no information as to the qualifications of the parties by whom the expenditure has been conducted. As to the unconditional guarantee the statement is quite correct that it was unequivocally approved by the public. The public considered that the construc tion of a telegraph to India was an object that war ranted not only a great effort but a great risk, and that, as the end was purely political and national, it would be mean and unfair for the nation to try by qualified or imperfect guarantees to inveigle pri vate investors into an outlay which might end in their ruin. The- money was to be raised, and there was only one correct method. That method was adopted. The friends of the Government, however, are now endeavouring to decry it, and to assume that it must be so thoroughly condemned as to remove all possibility of its ever being resorted to again. In that case the nation will for the future have to remain without many things essential for its progress and safety. The fact is that the pro priety of the method remains plain, while the point to be cleared up is as to the administration of the money which it was the means of obtaining. It was known that the £BOO,OOO was to be expended on an experiment. Can it be shown that the experi ment was conducted with even common care—that the persons in whom the Government reposed con fidence were entitled to such confidence—that there was no contemptuous disregard of warnings, or of the results of the scientific experience of projectors other than those who happened to be in favour with the Treasury—and, finally, that there has been no laxity in enforcing upon the contractors the due fulfilment of their obligations ? If all these things can be satisfactorily cleared up, no murmur will ever be heard from the public at the disappear ance either of the £BOO,OOO, or the subsequent £400,000. They will still think that the experi ment was worthy of trial, and will console themselves with the knowledge that a great people must sometimes run risks, and that those who bid for large gains must not cry if they some times experience a loss. There are many, however, who until such an explanation is afforded will entertain a strong conviction that the amount might have been expended with perfect success, and that the fact of our being still without a tele graph to India is not to bo accounted for by the assumption that the enterprise is inherently innrac ticable.— Times' City Article. [AD i'VERTISEMENT.] - rills 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. 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Feb. 13 , GUILDHALL—CAUTION TO CABMEN—Thomas Barthrane, a cab-driver, No. 9,856, was summoned before Colonel Wilson, under the following cir cumstances : Mr. Drummond, an attorney of North-end, Croy don, said he hired the defendant in Old Palace yard, and after waiting in Park-street, Westminster, for about three minutes, he directed him to drive to King's Bench-walk, in the Temple. On arriving at his destination he gave the defendant ls., the distance being a little under two miles ; but as the defendant said it was a hard fare, he gave him a fourpenny piece extra, with which, however, he did not appear satisfied, for he remarked that it was not a Gd., and that his fare was ls. Gd. The complainant then asked for the fourpenny piece, which defendant, thinking he was going to receive a Gd. in exchange, returned. The complainant then said he should give him no more, and telling him his name and address, said he might summon him if the fare was insufficient. The defendant then followed him about to different parts of the Temple, and to and fro between King's Bench-walk and the Mitre Tavern, and at length insisted upon having the complainant's name and address in writing, and ultimately laid hands upon him, to detain him. The complainant then asked defendant for his metal ticket, which he was not wearing, but he fetched it from the inside of his cab, where he said he always carried it. A police man came up, and threatened to take complainant into custody unless he gave the cabman his card, and wrote down his name and address for him. He then re-entered 'the cab, and rode to the police station to have the dispute adjusted, and the man charged him sixpence for going that distance. The defendant's conduct throughout was most rude and offensive. The defendant, of course, denied having been guilty of misbehaviour, Colone Wilson said it was one of the grossest cases of misbehaviour that had ever come under his notice. It could not be tolerated for a moment that a cabman should seize a gentleman and detain him for the purpose of compelling him to write down his name and address himself after paying the man his lawful fare. The defendant's licence appeared to have already two endorsements for similar offences of which he had been convicted by other magistrates, and he was now guilty of three distinct offences. He, therefore, fined defendant 10s. for misbehaviour in assaulting the complainant, Gs. for not wearing his metal ticket, and ss. for de manding more than his fare, making, with 6s. costs, 275., or in default 21 days' i m p r i sonment , an d as the defendant appeared to be a very improper person to be entrusted with a cab he should im pound the licence, and forward it, with the three convictions endorsed upon it, to Sir Richard Mayne. The prisoner pleaded hard for his licence, but finding it useless, he submitted to the alternative punishment of imprisonment. MARXL EBONE.—CA PT URE OF THIEVES...- John White and Henry Sanders were placed at the bar charged with the following robbery : It appeared from the evidence that on the previ ous evening Sergeant White, an active detective officer, 16 D, at eight o'clock yesterday evening, while passing along Manchester-street, in plain clothes he saw the prisoners with two others who had come from South-street, cross over to No. 45, their companions having crossed over to the oppo site side of the way. They (prisoners) stood for some little time on the doorstep, and in a few minutes the other men crossed over. Prisoners handed to each of them an umbrella, with which they made off, as did Also the prisoners, after each of them had put on an Inverness cape. White went after them and stopped them in Marylebone-lane, when Sanders pulled off his cape and threw it into the read. They were both taken into custody, and when searched at the station-house the officer found on Sanders four skeleton and two other keys, all of which fitted the door of the residence of Mr. Richard Smith, 45, Manchester-street. It was further shown that the capes and umbrellas were stolen from the hall. The capes were produced and identified. The value of them was £6, and the umbrellas £2 10s. White added that the right name of the man calling him self Sanders was Scales. He had already been con victed and sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and White was a constant frequenter of a house well known as the resort of most notorious house breakers and thieves. At the request of the officer, who said he thought he might be able to apprehend the two men who had the umbrellas, Mr. Mansfield remanded the pri soners until Friday. HOUSEBREAKING AND ROBBERY.---John Tooney and Thos. Bospidnick, old offenders, were brought up by Sergeant Colo, 23 C, and placed at the bar before Mr. Mansfield, charged with having broken and entered the premises of Mr. John Hale, 27, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, and stolen therefrom property to a considerable amount. Prosecutor deposed that on Sunday afternoon, the 27th ult., he left home at two o'clock and re turned betwen eleven and twelve, when he found that during his absence the house had - been entered, and that a quantity of wearing apparel, together with spoons, forks, waiters, &c., had been carried off. Sergeant Colo stated that on the sth inst. he ap prehended the prisoners upon another charge, and they were taken before Mr. Beadon, at Marlbo rough•street. When they were remanded, six duplicates, supposed to be for stolen articles, being found upon Bospidnick, he (the sergeant) bad, upon inquiry, ascertained that a portion of the plunder to which the said duplicates referred had been pledged the day after the robbery. Some spoons, forks, and waiters, which had been pawned, were produced and identified by the prosecutor. In reply to the magistrate, Cole said that the front door had been forced open with a ",jemmy" (crow bar), and the marks thereof were still visible upon A woman, who gave her name Anne Leery, who had been waiting in the outer office during the examination, was brought in, when the pawn brokers swore, to the best of their belief, that she was the party to whom they had advanced money on the property. She denied having any know ledge of the matter. And it was further shown that on the night of the robbery the male prisoners and two women were seen walking together near the prosecutor's house. The three prisoners were remanded till Wednes day next, in order to afford time for Cole to trace the rest of the missing articles. SHAMEFUL CRUELTY TO A HORSE.--.Toseph Barker, a cabman in the service of Mr. Wheybree, Westmoreland-mews, Marylebone, was charged by Mr. Love, prosecuting officer to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for work ing a horse when in so bad a condition as to be quite unfit for labour. It appeared from the evidence of Sinclair and Sell, officers of the society alluded to, that at one o'clock on the same morning, while on duty in the Edgware-road, for the purpose of look ing after drivers of night cab horses, towards which great cruelty is exercised, they saw the prisoner with a horse and cab. He was flogging in a most brutal manner the poor animal, which was scarcely able 'to get along. The officers shortly after examined it, and found blood streaming down its flanks, from cuts which had been inflicted. The poor horse was in a most weak and emaciated state, and quite unfit for any work whatever. In fact, it was regularly "used up." Mr. Mansfield—ls the horse the wretched animal I have seen outside the court ? The officer said that it was. The prisoner, on being asked what ho had to say, replied that he had not used the animal cruelly, and that he thought the party who sent him out with it was more to blame than he was. Mr. Mansfield asked the prisoner if he was driv ing under an agreement, and he was replied to in the affirmative, the agreement being ss. 6d. fin the night. He added, that if masters send out horses that are not in a fit condition they ought to be fined and not the poor driver. After some further proceedings, Mr. Mansfield fined the prisoner 55., and in default of payment seven days' imprisonment. Mr. Love said that since his worship's decision he had seen the owner of the horse, who had consented to have the animal at once slaughtered, and that he (Mr. Love) should not proceed further in the matter. The horse was forthwith taken to a knacker's yard, and in the presence of the society's officers was put out of its misery. SOUTHWARK.—CONVICTION OF THE FRENCH LADY-SHOPLIFTERS.—Two middle-aged French women, dressed in the first style of fashion, named Eugenie Bonnegalle and Eliza Boutheux, residing in a most respectable manner at No. 2, St. Anne's road, Brixton, were brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with stealing a packet of linen handkerchiefs from the shop of Mr. Hum. phrey Morgan, hosier, &c., Newington-causeway, the particulars of which appeared in this paper on Monday last. Mr. Lewis, of Marlborough-street, now appeared on behalf of the prisoners ; and Mr. Albert was sworn as interpreter on behalf of the Crown. I❑ addition to the evidence given on a former occasion, Miss Sarah Morgan said that the prisoners came into her father's shop about two o'clock on Friday afternoon. She was not in the shop when they entered, but she went out of the back room to attend upon them, when they eonyereed together in French. Mrs. Bonnegalle spoke in English to witness, and asked to be shown some hosiery, linen fronts, and silk handkerchiefs, which she placed before them, and they selected several of each, and requested them to be sent to 41, Aldred-road, Ken nington, their residence, when they would be paid for. They then quitted the shop, and a minute or two afterwards - witness missed a packet of linen handkerchiefs which she had seen on the counter prior to their entering-the shop. Not having shown them such handkerchiefs, she suspected that the prisoners had stolen then', consequently she welt after them, and when neariT opposite St. George's Church she saw them on the opposite side of the road. Mrs. Boutheux was handing the parcel to the other prisoner, who examined tem and closed the parcel again. She crossed over Ole road, and seeing a constable near, she gave him information, and the prisoners were taken into custody, On cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, witness said that she distinctly saw Mrs. Bonnegalle examinii:g the handkerchiefs in the street, prior to her cross ing over and telling the constable. When the latter went up to them and accused them of the robbery, the handkerchiefs had fallen on the ground at the feet of Mrs. Bonnegalle. Mr. Combo aske — d whether they paid for the goods they ordered. Miss Morgan replied in the negative. They, that is, Mrs. Bonnegalle, said t hat they lived at 41 Aldred-road, Kennington, and directed the goods to be sent there. That was a false address. William Hodge, 493 A, said he was on duty near St. George's Church on the afternoon in question, when the last witness came up to him, and pointed out the prisoners, saying that they had stolen sonic handkerchiefs from her f'ather's shop. Witness stopped the prisoners, and saw the parcel of hand kerchiefs fail at their feet. He then took them into custody. Mr. Lewis here said that certainly appearances were very much against both prisoners, but as re gards Madame Bonnegalle, he was instructed to say she and her husband were respectable persons, having lived at their present residence 18 months, and four years at another house at Brixton, where they were highly respected. She had only recently known the other prisoner, and consented to go out with her, but with no intention of committing a felony. He submitted, therefore, that as Madame Bonnegalle was not aware that any robbery had been committed she ought to be :discharged. He called Mr. John Austin, a retired builder, of Leo Cot• tage, Cowley-road, Brixton, who said Mr. and Mrs. Bonnegalle had been his tenants 18 months. When they came to him he received a four years' refer ence, and was positive they were persons of un blemished character. Mr. Alder, a hosier, of Newington-causeway, here stepped forward and said he knew the pri soners. They came into his shop and selected goods to be sent to their address, 41, Aldred-road, Ken nington. He afterwards ascertained that they never lived at that address. Mr. Combo asked if he missed anything after they left. Mr. Alder replied that he did not, as he had no suspicion of them. They never paid any money for the goods. The constable was recalled, and said he had been to No. 41, Aldred-road, Kennington, and neither of the prisoners had resided there. The address they gave at the station-house, No. 2, St. Ann's-road, Brixton, was right. Mr. Combe said it was quite clear that they had given a false address, and as Mrs. - Bonnegalle denied the charge, he must send them before a jury. Mr. Lewis consulted with the prisoners for a few minutes, and, turning round to his worship, said that they pleaded guilty. Mr, Combo observed that there could be no doubt of that, therefore he should sentence each of them to six months' hard labour—the highest pun ishment he was allowed to inflict. The magistrate was here informed that one of the prisoners was living with a man who had re cently undergone four years' penal servitude, and was well known at the West-end. SINGULAR RECOVERY OF A STOLEN GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN.—EIIen Sullivan, a very young girl, was charged with stealing a valuable gold watch and chain from the person of Mr. Jarr es Jones Skin ner, a clerk, residing in Hill-street, Peckh am, un der the following circumstances : The prosecutor, a middle-aged man, said he met the prisoner on the evening of the 20th Nov., and went with her to No. 3, Cole-street, Dover-road. After being in the room a little while he missed the prisoner and his watch and chain. He saw no more of her until the previous night, when she met him in the street, and told him that she would go with him to the station-house, where his watch was. He accompanied her, and found his watch and chain. The prisoner at first said that the gentleman gave her the watch, but afterwards pleaded guilty to stealing it. Mr. Combe sentenced her to six months' hard labour. (WORSHIP -STREET.—BURGLARY• TWO DAYS AFTER MARRIAGE.—Henry and Mary Ann Mann were Charged before Mr. Knox with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Chas. Grange, a draper, in business at 28, Hare-street, Bethnal-green, and stealing therefrom. Lillicrap, 183 H, deposed—On the morning of the Gth instant, about two o'clock, while on duty in Hare-street, I heard a breaking of glass, and saw the male prisoner walking away from Mr. Grange's shop. He dropped a bundle containing, as I afterwards found, a large quantity of cloth and made-up articles of dress. I seized him, he resisted very violently, struck me in the mouth, slipped his coat and tried to get away. The female prisoner got held of my hands, held them behind me, and said she was wife to the man. My ser geant came up and both were taken into custody. Police-sergeant Savage, 7 H, swore that he found last witness struggling with both prisoners. That the constable was then bleeding freely from his mouth. The property spoken of was after wards picked up a few yards from the spot, and the woman admitted having dropped it. The shutters of the prosecutor's shop were found to have been forced, and a square of glass cut in a masterly manner. Mr. Grange said—l secured the premises in question at ten o'clock on the night of the sth. Shortly after two o'clock the following morning I was awoke by frightful screams. Saw my two daughters in the street almost in a nude state—the constables struggling with the prisoners —my goods lying in the street, and some of my shop shutters down. The window had been partially cleared of property now produced. The male pri soner observed to me, " Surely you recollect I was a customer of yours. Why, you made the trousers I now have on." And I do remember that some time since he, in company with the woman, came to be measured for those identical articles. Mr. Vann, for the defence, cross-examined the witnesses with a view to show that the property in question was not seen in the prisoners' posses sion, and that the woman's assertion of having dropped it was mistaken by them. _ _ This elicited a statement from the first witness and the prosecutor's wife, that a man, not in cus tody was seen near the prisoners just before their apprehension, but they were positive he had not the bundle. Mr. Vann then urged that the woman was not liable, as she had acted under the authority of her husband, if at all, to whom she had been wedded only two days previously to this charge being pre ferred. A former conviction was proved against the male prisoner, by which it appeared that in April, 1858, he was sent from this court by Mr. D'Eynt court for the term of six months' imprisonment, for felony. Mi. Knox refused to liberate the woman, but re marked—Doubtless, if it is shown at the trial that they are man and wife, she will be acquitted. The depositions were then completed by . Mr. Safford, and both prisoners were fully committed for trial at the sessions. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The following extraordinary cures without medicine o f i n di ges ti on (dyspepsia), flat 'dewy, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver c omplaint u s,g arr ugh , Barry's asthma, consumptio n , an d debility, effected by D delicious health-re s t or i ng Revalenta Arabica. Food, are not y the least remarkabl e : —Case No. 54,81 6 . From the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syderstonoave ngloßeckwtnoroy,nnaenardFapapca k r e e nh i a t n e i d Norfolk : " Gentlemen, I have the virtues of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. In all cases of indigestion, and particularly when the liver is affected, I consider Pills and m sideritthe besetdoieftanlels: they invariablyremedies. T. s. 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Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 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 eider by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re' 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; 127, High 119)1nril gag groer°4 THE E 01 EIANCE OF A SAILOR'S LIFE. At the last fatty sessions held at Rhyl, North Wales, three weather •beaten sailors, who gave their names as Sul livan Fagan a native of the isle of St. Helena), George Grecenwood (;of Philadelphia, descended from a Lascar), and Robert Marti n (a negro, born in Jamaica), were brought up in custody, ch. arged with being in the illegal possession of a ferry• boat, at id with unlawfully damaging the same. The prisoners wet c apprehended on the sea coast, near Gronant, on the in orning of the 4th inst., and were after wards br ought to Lthyl and placed in the custody of Mr. Gregory, to whom the prisoner Greenwood made the fol lowing ~omautic statement. He said :—" lam a native of Vhiladc Iphia, and I and my comrades here shipped on board the An lel ican brig Consignment on Friday evening, the Ist: ins t. , bound from Liverpool to Mobile, North America. Ou r crew consisted of about 3 0 hands, and we arrived off the Onneshead on the 3d inst., having in the meantime been tos.ied about in a very heavy sea, the head winds blow, big terrifically off the shore. During the time we were on be. a rQI the captain treated us rather harshly, and being diesati s tied with the seaworthiness of the ship, and, in fact , fe ling that we could never make the voyage in such a vessel, we determined to desert her, and accordingly in the dead of night on Sunday last, while at anchor off the Welsh col tst, about two miles from Beaumari s , we con structed a; raft, consisting of two 18ft. planks and a spar, w hi c h we tied together and hove overboard, taking along with us t; 1,7 o smaller pieces of wood to use as oars. There was a hem 'ygale blowing from the sho re a t thi s ti me , an d the sea run frightfully high. We resolved, however, to risk the chal ice of being cast ashore on our little craft, or being swami. ed, to making the voyage to America in such a ship. We remained on the sea tossing about on this raft the wholt i of that night, being unable to make for the land, as the wind was off the coast, and the breakers were ca ntinually surging over us, and we suf fered severely d 'mu the wind and sea during the rs we were on th e ra ft. Th e follow isnevgemn the w e ll, ‘d changed, and we were drifted ashore at the mouth of the Voryd, on the Denbigh coast. We walked a short distan, ce and discovered a boat, whi c h we unloosed from her fasts pings, and attempted t o cross over to this place: (Rhyl), bn. t the waves still run n i ng hi g h, we were carried over the b a r out to sea; and after knocking about on the breakers i 'o.r some time, we were washed on the beach near Gronant, where we were apprehended by the Coastguardsmen." 1 "he officer Gregory, doubting the truth of this remarkable ,story, telegraphed, previous to the examination of the priso nors, to the police authorities at Beaumaris, requesting them to make inquiries as to the ship, and as to whether they k new of any charge against the prisoners ; and in due tour se he received a reply to the effect that such a ship had bee 12 at anchor off Beaumaris, but that she had then left, and' was 15 miles out to sea. The Liverpool police were also communicated with, an they stated that three coloured men had been shipped on board the brig. The prisoners, on being finally examined, at once admitted that they had taken and damaged the boat, as charged, but pleaded in entenuatioh the foregoing singular facts. The Magistratec, considering th at there might be some truth in what Greenwood had said, although they much doubted the probability of the story, ordered the defendants to pay V. each, being the amount of damages and costs, or a month's imprisoment. The prisoners stated that they had no money with them, but that they could obtain the amount immediately in Liverpool; and upon their agreeing to pay the expenses of an officer to Liverpool, the Magistrates ordered him to proceed to that place with one of the prisoners, the other two to remain in cu,s tody in the meantime.—Liver 'pool Mercury. COUNTRY ,VARKETS. NEWARK-FEB. 13. A tolerable attendance to-day, ond the show of wheat was middling. Buyers purchased steadily, at extreme rates. The trade in barley was fair, and h.lte rates were realised. Oats a fair sale at late prices. Beano assumed a healthier aspect, at rather more money. Peas quiet. White wheat, new, 40s to 74s Barley, grinding.. 31s to 35s Red do. sos to 66s Oats, old, .. 32s to 36s Old white 4os to 74s New do 25s to 30s Red do. 50s to 66s I Beans. Ms to 58s Barley, malting.... 37s to 44s I Beans, new 38s to 44s Pea5,....40s to 50s. SHEFFIELD-FEB. 12. The supply of wheat was less than during some weeks past, but of better quality. A more buoyant feeling per vaded the market. Good middling sorts of wheat realised an advance of 6d per load. Good oats in demand. Flour and other articles unchanged. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 28s Od White ff 3/ ...25s Od to 28s Od New red • t f f ...20s Od to 22s Od New white „ 11 ...22s Od to 26s Od Beans 91 /9 ...IGs Od to 22s 6d Peas, per qr s4s Od to 55s Od Grinding barley, per qr. 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ 3ss Od to 43s Oil Oats 77 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 28 sd, and 2s 8d per 141 b. HULL-FEU. 12. Sonic difficulty was experienced to-day in disposing of English wheat, owing to its condition, at about the prices of last week. Foreign sold readily in retail at a slight ad vance. Barley as of late. Beans, oats, and peas progressed slowly, at former quotations. Linseed cake and rape cake declined 5s per ton. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 66s Od to 69s 0 , 1 . Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 62s Od to 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 4ls Od to 42s Od Grinding 34s Od to 36s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 141 d Friesland an d Dutch..! Swedish and Danish oBl4cl to osl4o Be a ns ....English, old, per qr 49s Od to 51s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s ocl New tick. 43s Od to 44s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers . 43s Od to 46s Od Grinding Tares .... Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 54s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 16 0 - Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes Bones THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- ampton) .. • • • • • • . • .. Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • • .. .. Mar. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. F e b . Cuba and Mexico .. .. Feb. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. Feb. 13. Cape of Good hope, &C. . • .. .. March 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Feb. 18. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Feb 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Feb. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Feb. 20. Lisbon , . , .. Overdue. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 12. Vigo, and Oporto .. Gverdue. United States, California, &c. .. Feb. 14. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Feb. 13. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Ho;Ioway's Ointment and Pills.— Derivative Remedies.—When all important vital organs become disordered it is of momentous importance to draw the cause of disease elsewhere, where it can be borne with. less mischief. Hence in chest complaints blisters are fre quently ordered as derivatives of disease from the lungs; but their derivative power is far excelled by rubbing Hol loway's ointment upon the back and chest. The effect im speedy and permanent, without the annoyance and pain of blistering. Holloway's pills should lik ew i se b e taken. They regulate respiration, and expel impurities. These two potent remedies, aptly applied according to their ac companying instructions, would remove pectoral complaints from their present prominent position in the weekly morta lity, and spare much distress in families. BIRTHS: ArTNEsnEr.—On the 10th inst., at Eversley-cross, Hants, the wife of the Hon. W. B. Annesley, late Inniskilling Dragoons, of a son. BRETT.—On the 11th inst., at Cheltenham, the wife of Major-General J. T. Brett, Madras Retired List, of a son. GILL.--On the "11th inst., at 23, Russell-pltice, Fitzroy.. square, the wife of the ltev. W. Gill, of a son. bIARRIAGES. CRAVEN—MAJENDIE.—On the 12th inst., at Leamington, John Albert Craven Esq., Royal Horse Guards, son of Henry Craven, Esq., of Wickham Hall, Kent, to Ellen Amelia, second daughter of the Rev. Stuart Majenoie, rector of Barnwell, Northamptonshire. OWEN—PEARCE.—On the 12th inst., at Charlton Church, Edward Owen, Esq., of Aberdeen-terrace, to Elizabeth, daughter of G. Pearce, Esq., of Blackheath-park. DEATHS. BISHOP..--On the 12th inst., at The Priory, Monk Sher borne, Hants, John Green Bishop, Esq., M.D., aged 72. HADDINGTON.—On the 11th inst., at 43, Berkeley-square, the Dowager Countess of Haddington, aged 80. Lys°Ns.—On the 11th inst., at Morden Lodge, Surrey, Arthur, son of Colonel Daniel Lysons, C. 8,, aged two years and seven months. PECHELL.—On the 11th inst., at Shrewsbury, Jane, the youngest daughter of Sir G. S. Brooke Pechell. Bart., aged six years. SADGROVE.—On the 12th inst., at Hastings, William H. Poyntz Sadgrovo, of Eldon-street, Finsbury-circus, aged 29. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Stir Office, No. 112,Strand, in the Preci nc t of the Savoy. In the County of Middlesex _ Wllureday i February 14,1861. or