The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-25 00:00:00

TILE NA V.V. --• The Narcissus, M, screw, Captain Risk, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, under steam, from %)evonport, and on anchoring exchanged the custo mary salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Com mader•ir.- Chief, Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce. Rear- Admirv.l Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., will join the Narcissus at Spithead, prior to her sailing for the tape of Good Hope, on which station she will be employed as his flagship. It is expected that she will make a further official trial of speed at the mer.sured mile in Stokes bay before sailing. The Sutlej, 51, screw, in the steam basin of Ports mouth Dockyard, is being fitted with Dr. Nor .ronndy's patent water-distilling apparatus. The Euryalus, 51, screw, in the steam basin at the aa mc port, and fitted with a poop for duty as a future flagship, has commenced masting, and will be shortly ready for commission, The Pelican,.l7, screw, on her second screw trial at, the measured mile at Potk•mouth, reali:-.ed a speed, with the common screw, of it-685 knots. The pitch of the quell- was 14 feet 1 inch, with en- gin!,•B making a mean of 901 revolutions, as corn pared with the Griffith's on her previous trial at a pitch of 14 feet 5 inches, and engine revolutions at 110; diameter of both screws the same. On the last trial, however, the Pelican drew 10 inches more water astern and two less ahead than on her trial with the Griffith. The contract-built screw steam gun vessel Steady, 5, was towed on Saturday alongside the coal depot Jupiter, to complete with fuel, prior to her being rigged and fitted for the port division of the steam ordinary. The screw steam gun vessel Philomel, 5, made sail on Saturday in Plymouth Sound, and proceeded for her destination. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Spitfire, from West Coast of Africa, having returned stores and dismantled inWoolwich basin,was on Saturday paid off. Shelvas commissioned from that port in Oc tober, 1857, by Commander Campbell, who was succeeded by Commander Chapman, both of whom have been appointed to the Coast Guard service on the north coast of Scotland and the South Sea. The present Commander, Allingham, has been in com mand since 1859 only. Mr. Francis Durrant and Mr. Richards ; mate and master's assistant, were also promoted, the former to the gunnery-ship Ex cellent at Portsmouth and the latter to the Brune, tender to the Arrogant, senior officer's ship, Com modore Edmonstone, on the West Coast of Africk. Two deaths only occurred during the term of her commission among the ship's company, and those took place on board the Surprise, belonging to the prize crew in command of Second-master William Long, while awaiting a passage. With the above-named exceptions the health of the ship has been very good. The Spitfire has succeeded in capturing two slavers, one loaded with a human cargo, and the second proceeding to ship her cargo. The Navy Estimates for 1861-2 contain no pro. vision for the outfit of the sailing frigate Eurydice, at Portsmouth, 'as a seagoing cadet training-ship and tender to the Britannia. It must therefore be presumed that the Admiralty has again changed its mind on this subject, and that the proposed "sea training" of naval cadets, concerning which so much has been said and written, will still remain a ques tion for the future. A naval court martial assembled on Saturday on board the line-of-battle ship Formidable, 84, in the Medway, for the trial of Mr. Wm. Grunsell, third class carpenter serving on board the iron screw steam storeship Supply, 2, at Woolwich, on the following charge :—" For that be, the said Mr. Wm. Grunsell, being in actual service and full pay in her Majesty's fleet, of and belonging to the storeship Supply, did absent himself from the said ship with out leave from the forenoon of the 11th Dec., 1860, until the 2d of Jan., 1861." On the charge being read over to the prisoner, ho pleaded guilty, and threw himself on the mercy of the court, at the same time handing in a written statement to the effect that at the time of the occurrence he was labouring under illness. The prisoner, however, called no witnesses, nor handed in any certificates. The court, after deliberating fo: a short time, sen tenced the prisoner to be dismissed her Majesty's service. The members for Harwich—Capt. Jervis, M.P., and the lion. Col. Rowley, M.P.—have had an in terview with the First Lord of the Admiralty in reference to the present state of that harbour. The sea has rapidly encroached north and south of Landgnard Fort, while to the westward the sand has accumulated hundreds of yards in the direction of the entrance of the harbour. In 1848 the Ad miralty engineer recommended the erection of a breakwater to.the east of Landguard Fort, which would protect the Ordnance lands and cause the sands;to shift to the eastward ; but the recommen dation has hitherto not been acted upon. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. George Fitzclarence to be Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Smart ; and Richard Crosbie Massil has been nomi nated to a naval cadetship. TILE ARMY. The Duke of Cambridge having announced his intention of holding a review of the troops at the garrison of Chatham on Saturday, orders were issued at a late hour the previous evening for the entire available force to be under arms and formed in review order on Chatham Lines at 11 o'clock, by which hour his Royal Highness was expected to arrive, 15 rounds of blank cartridge being served out to each man. Notwithstanding the unfavour able state of the weather on Saturday morning, the rain falling without intermission, the troops were formed according to orders. Shortly after 10 o'clock, however, a telegraphic despatch was re ceived at the garrison from the Horse Guards announcing that his Royal Highness, in conse quence of the unfavourable weather, would post pone the review until a future day. A general, order, promulgated from the Horse Guards some time since, has been reissued by com mand of the bnlce of Cambridge, announcing that his Royal Highness, hating had under his consi deration the reports of commanding officers on the benefits derived by the soldiers front a knowledge of the bayonet exercise, as taught by the late Mr. Angelo, in pleased to direct that every regiment be instructed according to that system. General officers Commanding districts and brigades are requested to state in their half-yearly reports whether the bayonet exercise has been taught, and the intended effect produced ; whether, in their opinion, it has tended to supple the limbs and to set up the soldier, and give him confidence in the use of his arm. DeputyeA stile ta n t- Commissary-General Tabby has assumed the direction of the commissariat department at thecamp at Colchester, vice Deputy- Aseistant-Commissary- General Ward, who will enter on the duties of a similar appointment at Guernsey on the Ist of March. A presentation of a handsome silver-mounted cane was made" at Woolwich on Saturday, by the non-ecauruissiclned officers of the .sth company of Royal Engineers, to Colour-Sergeant John Camp bell,, as a token of respect on his retirement from the 'service and acceptance of the appointment of B ergeag,lnatruetor of the 15th (Bourne) Lincoln shire Volunteers. tePneted at Devonport that the military guard doing duty in the dockyard is to be abolished as unnecestaiy, The system ot reerchin,. Portsmouth postingDotkY,paardirts,maod:th a strong guard into sentries day and night in difßient yard, has been abo• ished, and for the future th e presence of the mili tary in the dockyard will on e l lo e required d during the hours convict labour is employed, For this pur pose a picket, consisting of 1 eaptyaein.,l subaltern, 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 30 privates will. be fur nished from the troops in g arr i son, and marehi nt o e dockyard guardroom, where they will be held in readiness in the event of their services being re quired. The only sentries pasted will be one at the Admiialty-house and one in front of the main gnardro an. The ssine regulations will apply to tbe gunboat yard I r and shipway at Has a . These cha nges o re consequent upon the new police arrangem en t s. Uovtrnatent authorities have given the Re.' cessary notices to quit to the occupiers of the land at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, required for the erec tion of the new fort and barracks at th Lt part of the island. A squad of officers, consisting of thcse recently joined from Addiscombe and others 1 ely commis sioned from the Royal Military Acadtmy at Wool wich, will commence a course of instruction in the Royal Military Repository at Woolwich this morn ing, under the superiatendenee of Lieut.-Col.Ward, instructor in gunnery. The Ist division of the 3d Brigade Royal Artil lery, to relieve the Ist Brigade, under orders for Gibraltar, arrived at Woolwich yesterday in her Majesty's troopship 'Megtera, Commander Hender son, from Plymouth. The troops will land this morning at 10, and will occupy the quarters va cated by the Ist division of the Ist Brigade, arrived at Gibraltar in the Meg2era. THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. _~_- RIFLE ASSOCIATION FOR. KENT. On Saturday afternoon an influential public meeting was held at the Corn•exchange, Maidstone, for the purpose of establishing a rifle association for the county of Kent. Viscount Sydney, the lord-lieutenant of the county, presided. Among those present were the High Sheriff, Earl Amherst, Earl Romney, Earl Darnley, Lord Harris, Vis count Holmesdale, M.P., Viscount Hardinge, the Colonel Commanding the 2d Kent Rifles, the Mar quis of Camden, Sir John Bligh, Sir Edward Deer ing, Sir Edmund Filmer, M.P., Sir Brook W. Bridges, M.P., Lord Sondes, Mr. Beresford Hope, M P., Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Mr. Deedes, M.P., Col. Scott, Col. Brockman, Major Wykham, Major Farnall, and others. Communications had been received from the following gentlemen, regret ting their inability to attend, but promising their support :—Earl Stanhope, Viscount Torrington, Lord Kingsdown, Lord Falmouth, Sir J. Herschell, Sir T. Wilson, Sir John Lubbock, Alderman Salo mons, M.P., Sir P. •H. Dyke, Major Robert son, Capt. Harper, Col. Glossett, and Col. Thorold. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was for the purpose of establishing in the county a rifle association similar to those already established in other parts of the kingdom in connection with the National Rifle Association. The object was to assist in giving permanence to Volunteer Corps established in the county and to promote rifle shoot ing by assisting in providing ranges and by giving prizes for competition. These prizes would be open to all the Volunteers in the county, and prizes would also be given that should be open to all corners be longing to or residing in the county, whether belonging to the Volunteers or not. Sir J. BLIGII said we need not fear that we should be disgraced by the presence of a foreign enemy while we had 150,000 men to beat them back. He concluded by moving—" That a county organsation for the purpose of promoting the practice of rifle shooting would greatly tend to the encouragement and furtherance of the Volunteer movement in the county of sent, including the Cinque Ports within the county, and that an association be therefore formed under the designation of the Kent Volun teer Association." The HIGH SHERIFF seconded the resolution, which was carried. Earl DARNLEY moved the next resolution : " That this meeting being convinced of the import ance of such an association considers it entitled to the support of all those who desire the permanence of the Volunteer movement." Mr. KNATCHBULL, in seconding the motion, said he hoped the association would receive the cordial support of every one in the county. The resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. DEEDES, M.P., said the committee had drawn up the rules with great care, but they would be most happy to receive any suggestions that might im prove them. He concluded by moving—" That the rules be approved and adopted; that the following gentlemen be members of the council for the present year, with power to complete their number : Earl Amherst, Earl Darnley, Earl Romney, Viscount Hardinge, Vis count Holmesdale, M.P., Marquis of Camden, Sir Thomas Wilson, Sir John Bligh, Mr. Deedes, M.P., Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., Colonel Scott, Colonel Gladdish, Major Far. nail, Major Martin, Colonel Fletcher, Captain Groves, and Mr. Wells ; and that the following gentlemen be trustees : Sir Brook W. Bridges, M.P., Colonel Caton, and Mr. Hammond." The motion was agreed to, and other resolutions in conformity with the object of the mecting having been adopted, the proceedings terminated. The match between 10 men of the E, or University College Company (West Middlesex Rifles) and 10 members of the Harrow Rifles, took place at the practiee ground of the latter corps on Saturday last, the competition being for a silver cup, value £lO, at the ranges of 300, 50'), and 600 yards ; five shots each range. The following were the number of points made :—West Middlesex—Mr. W. Watson, 12 ; Mr. Kitson, 4 ; Sergeant De Morgan, 13 ; Mr. Fletcher, 11 ; Sergeant R. Key, 12 ; Mr. J. Blakis ton, 11 ; Captain R. Fenton, 13 ; Mr. Bompas, 11 ; Ensign J. Smith, 9; Mr. A. Ditchfleld, 12—total 108. Harrow Rifles—Dr. Bridgwater, 7 ; Corporal Dell, 2 ; Corporal Roberts, 15 ; Mr. Bull, 11 ; Mr. Hoare, 4 ; Corporal Thornton, 7 ; Mr. Walton, 7; Mr. Barclay, 6 ; Sergeant Smith, 8 ; Mr. Cunning ham, 7—total 74; the University Company (West Middlesex) thus proving the winners by 34 points. Enough members to constitute two companies are now ready to be enrolled at Stoke Newington, many of whom have been actively drilling for some time past, and a public meeting is announced to be held to-morrow at Kingsland, under the presidency of Sir S. Morton Pete, M.P., for the purpose of forming I I another company in that neighbourhood in augmen tation of the Stoke Newington Rifle Volunteer Corps. The Reading Corps (the Ist Berke) have just held their first annual meeting, Sir Paul Hunter, the commanding officer, presiding. A statement of finances was read. It has been arranged to have a field-day on Easter Monday in Aldermaston-park, the seat of Mr. Higford Burr, a private of the corps. A general meeting of the members and sub scribers to the Forest (13th Berkshire) Volunteer Rifle Corps took place on Friday afternoon, at the Grand Stand, Ascot. Sir W. G. Hayter, M.P., presided,- and among these present were Major- General Seymour, Major Scott (the commandant of the corps), Lieut. V. Van de Weyer (son of his Ex cellency the Belgian Minister), Ensign Parker, Dr. Jones, Quartermaster Cave, and several of the members, attired in the uniform of the corps. The object of the meeting was to submit to the mem bers`the rules, which had been framed in accord ance with the regulations prescribed by the War. office. These were read by the chairman, the mo tion for adopting the regulations was agreed to, and after a vote of thanks to the hon. baronet for presiding, the meeting broke up. The approval of the War-office has been given to the formation of a half troop of cavalry volunteers at Lincoln, under the 44th of George 111., cap. 54. The force has been numbered 'as the Ist Lincoln shire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, and its mini mum establishment will consist of one lieutenant, one cornet, three sergeants, four corporals, one trumpeter, one farrier, 41 men of all ranks, and 41 horses. The War-office has intimated that if the object te carbine i a n e s short gentlemen fl e composingshould tthe adopt cor p a s o rifled bj Mr. G. Jarvis, v I s t: t cornet o o n h e a t s ; b A c i e r n . practise firing on foot. appointed lieutenant Captain B. F. Broadbent, bon. surgeon ; and Staff Sergeant Smith, of the North Lincoln Militia, has been chosen drill sergeant. The Earl of Hardwicke has declined to accede to a request made to him to authorise the formation of a second company in connexion with the Ist Cambridgeshire Corps. There is some idea of sending a portion of the : corps to take part in the sham fight at Brighton on Easter Monday, but un less 60 rank and file join in the trip the scheme will be abandoned. Lord Ranelagh is desirous of get. tilt as many volunteers as possible"on the ground. A rifle contest took place at Sneyd-park practice V"Pdi near Bristol, on Friday afternoon, between members of No. 4 Cwpany of the City of Brig- Livr cgs:; ' THE SUN, LONDON, !MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1861. tol Rifle Volunteers and an equal number of the 2d Glocestershire (Stroud) Corps, The Stroud men were the victors by three points, but ten of their number were marksmen, while only three of the Bristol Corps had attained that distinction. The return match is to come off at Stroud. On Friday evening the oath of allegiance was taken in the mould loft by the three newly formed compauies composing the 12th Devon (Dockyard) Artillery Volunteers. Captain Commandant Peake (the master builder) introduced the officers and men, who are fine ablebodied fellows. After the cere mony they were addressed by Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, Admiral Superintendent Sir Thomas Pasley, Mr. Ryder, the Mayor of Devon port, and Major. General Hutchinson, Commander of Forces in the West. There was a considerable attendance of ladies. The 2d West Riding of Yorkshire (Bradford) Artillery Volunteers assembled at their drill room on Saturday afternoon last, in full uniform, with side arws and 'catbines, by older of Lieutenant Clarke, commanding, and, preceded by the band, marched to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rsilway Station, Bradford, whence they escorted two 32- pounder ordnance guns, furnished by the Govern ment for the use of the corps, to a new battery which had been prepared for their reception in Peel-park, about a mile from the town. Each gun, with a colour attached, was placed on a waggon. drawn by three horses, and the route taken was through several of the main streets of the town, which were crowded with spectators. On reaching the park the guns were placed in position and fired repeatedly. On Thursday the Gateshead Rifle Volunteers, and on Friday the South Shields Rifle Volunteers, underwent a most satisfactory inspection by Major Harman, who at the conclusion of the inspection highly complimented the corps on their soldierly appearance and upon their proficiency under arms. The gallant Major urged the importance of a thorough knowledge of position drill. The members of the Rifle Volunteer Corps raised at Queenshead, in the West Riding, were sworn in a few days ago. THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY. Ths directors of this company have compiled a report to be pfesented to the shareholders at a public meeting to be held at the London Tavern on the 28th. They congratulate the shareholders that the trial trip to New York was made at a loss of only £344 odd, and then continue as follows : As explained in the previous report of your directors, it was their intention to have despatched the ship on a second voyage to New York on the 17th of October last, but after considering the re quirements of the Board of Trade for one voyage only, and the very imperfect state of the decks laid down by Mr. J. Scott Russell under his contract, your directors, with the advice and concurrence of some of the largest proprietors, whom they invited to confer with them on the subject, abandoned that intention. Your directors then reduced the staff and all other expenses as mach as possible, and proceeded with the alterations and repairs. The bearing of the screw shaft was far the most serious task. By very skilful arrangements the necessity of removing the shaft from the ship was overcome, and the work has made such progress as to leave no reasonable doubt of its satisfactory completion, together with the feed pumps to the paddle boilers, recommended by the Board of Trade, in the ensuing month. The main deck has been sheathed with 11-inch boards over a layer of tarred patent felt, thus form ing a double deck. Your directors believe that by these means the deck (hitherto a constant source of injury and annoyance) will be watertight, and the inconvenience thoroughly removed. The saloon and cargo decks have been caulked, and many other minor but important works are in progress. The question of future employment for your ship has received the most serious consideration of your directors. The want of public confidence in the ship has hitherto baffled your directors in their endeavours to obtain sufficient passengers and freight to remunerate the proprietors. They hope that the voyage to America has in a great degree removed the impediment. The passengers unani mously expressed their aprcciation of the ease and comfort they enjoyed, and the total absence of sea-sickness, even to the most sensitive. Her ex cellence as a sea-boat has been proved, and notwith standing the inevitable disadvantages of an ex perimental voyage, your directors can now place full reliance on her steady speed. They believe that another successful voyage to America will establish the desired confidence, and that she may then be profitably employed in any trade where her great capacity and power can be developed. It is clear that by a computation of her speed now established, she would accomplish a voyage to India or Australia within 40 days, upon a ratio of consumption of coals far below that of other steam ships. Your directors hare, therefore, resolved upon despatching the ship to America early in April next, and they hope that the receipts from all sources will at least equal the expenditure, as experience has proved that the working expenses of the ship may be reduced to the ordinary charges of merchant steamers, which reduction your direc tors are determined to effect. The liabilities of the company are stated to be as follows : Amount awarded to Mr. J. S. Russell £lB,OOO 0 0 do. claimed by Mr. R. S. Parry 5,876 6 4 do. „ „ Mr. C. Lungley do. „ „ sundry persons 1,120 9 7 £31,815 16 9 The report to the directors of Mr. Brereton, the engineer, is subjoined, and is highly satisfactory. EXTRAORDINARI CASE 01 BREACH OF PROMSE OF XARRIAGE In the Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, an action was tried at the instance of a saddler in Cathcart, named Andrew Turnbull, against Agnes Barr, for breach of promise of marriage, conclud ing for £2OO damages. The pursuer stated that he had always been en tertained in a kind and cordial manner by the defender, and that in June, 18A, in presence of a nephew and others, an offer and acceptance of mar riage were concluded between them, inconsequence of which he had made extensive alterations in his dwelling-house, and otherwise incurred consider able expense, while the defender refused to fulfil her promise. Not only so, but she had taken up with another man, and been cried in the parish chu. - eli, in order to marriage with him. The pur suer put in the following document:— " Promise of marriage between Andrew Turnbull and Agnes Barr :—Busby, June, 18, 1800.—I, Andrew Turnbull, before God, do take Agnes Barr to be my beloved wife, and to the party that rues they must pay £lOO to the other party.—Signed by AGNES BARR. AND. TURNBULL." The defence was a denial that any mutual affec tion had sprung up between the parties, or that any offer or acceptance of marriage was concluded be tween them; and an averment that the signing of the document called the " Promise of Marriage" was purely a joke. John Thomson, the defender's nephew, deponed— In June last, in the kitchen of Busby Farm-house, I wrote out the document produced. The pursuer asked me to write it. We had been joking about lads and lasses. It was as a joke that the pursuer asked me to write said document. I wrote in addi tion the writing above the words "signed by," and the pursuer wrote after them the words " James Todd," but he afterwards scored them out. I believe the pursuer at that time put his own signature to it, and that the defender then signed it also. They were laughing at the time: The whole thing was considered a joke by all parties. Some weeks after wards the pursuer spoke about the line, and said he must get money from the defender if she did not marry him. The defender's interest in her brother's succession does not exceed £lOO, as far as I know. After some other evidence had been led, the sheriff pronounced judgment in favour of the defender ; but she would have to bear the expense of 4pfend ing the action, as a punishment for her imprudence in signing the "promise ;" and said that lovers could not be too cautious in avoiding anything like a joke about marriage. An Old Four-Horse Stage Coach will ere long be less a novelty than premature Grey Hair, which is fast disappearing under the effects of Herring's Magnetic Brushes and Combs, which recent improvements have rendered almost infallible in restoring the colour to grey hair, and also in removing: the agony of tic doloreux and nervous headache. N.B.—Coun terfeits are being made. 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This was an action brought to recover compensa tion in damages for an assault. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Griflits were counsel for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Field were for the defendant. _ _ The plaintiff, Robert Holton, was a butler in the service of the defendant, Mr. Bevan,. who is a ma gistrate of Northamptonshire and a London banker. The other plaintiff; Eliza Holton, wife of Robert Holton ' was engaged as laundress by the defendant at a salary of £BO per annum, with a cottage to live in in the village close to Mr. Bevan's seat. The female plaintiff said that in October last she received a month's notice to leave the defendant's service, and that shortly afterwards Mr. Bevan came to her cottage about 9 at night, and ordered her to take in some clothes which were hanging out in the drying ground. She replied that she would do so as fast as she could. The defendant said he would have, them brought in at once, and holding up hiz , stick said "Don't force me to extremities — I will make you go and latiar , them in," She hsid " No, sir, you will not." AlCerwards the defendant left. On a subsequent occasion he came with Mrs. Good, who was to be her successor, and wished to show her over the house. Witness refused to per mit the defendant to enter her bedroom, as she did not like gentlemen to go there. She was on the top of the stairs, and the defendant took her by the arms and threw her down the stairs. She broke her fall, and fell on her back, but he followed her and pushed her down the rest of the stairs. She was then in the family way, which the defendant knew, and she sustained severe injuries. He said he would not be beat by a woman. Her hands and mouth bled and her body was bruised. On reaching the bottom of the stairs she locked the front door, and the defendant struggled with her violently to obtain the key. He succeeded in getting the key, and went out. She followed for the purpose of fetching her husband, when he jammed the gate against her leg, and said he would not have such a wicked woman on his premises, adding she was a low wo man, and must have come from St. Giles's or Bil lingsgate. She had a black eye, and she suffered much internally. On being cross-examined she denied having a bad temper, observing, " but I'm an English woman, and I don't like to be put upon by anybody, big or little." (Laughter.) Mr. Bevan, she said, was lame, and had two wooden fingers. She did not lay hold of his hat, but kicked it out, and he flung a chair after her. When she locked the door she said, " You have come here for your own pleasure, and now you shall stop for mine," as she wanted to keep him till her husband came. She called him a good-for.nothing villain and a cowardly cur to meddle with a woman, and said he dared not say anything but to women and boys. He called her a liar, and said, " He, he! I can laugh at you now." The witness in conclusion, admitted that she might have said, "If you were a boy I'd dash your brains out," but denied that she was very violent. (Laughter.) On being re-examined, she said that her father, who was 71 years of age, lived with her, and she took care of him. The witness, on leaving the box, went into hysterics and had to be taken out of court. After the occurrence detailed above, Mr. Levy was employed to write to Mr. Bevan for compensation for the assault, and the reply received was in the following terms : " Mr. Bevan presents his compliments to Mr. Levy, and in answer to his courteous communica tion begs to say he should be glad to postpone till after the hunting season the consideration of the matter of Mrs. Holton's charge of brutal and savage attack, and then to take Mr. Levy's opinion on the subject. Mr. Bevan has not set up an attorney at pre sent—in short, he can't afford to keep one, but will be happy to receive anything from Mr. Levy per sonally. Mr. Bevan's engagements taking him much from home, begs to say he may be found at two places where the hounds meet, and as a friendly hint advises any one wishing to hold communica tion with him on those days to come well mounted on something that can jump high. Air. Levy will understand this, no doubt." Other witnesses were called in support of the plaintiff's case, including the husband, who created much laughter by saying, in answer to a question, he did not know whether his wife had chapped lips because he never felt them. Mr. Hawkins, who made an amusing speech for the defence, contended that Mr. Bevan had acted in the kindest manner to Mrs. Holton, having only endeavoured to make an inspection of his own house, and when she resisted merely pushed her gently aside. With regard to the alleged injuries, it was remarkable that the blow said to have been inflicted on Thursday did not produce a black eye till the Sunday following. When she went to the doctor he merely gave her a soothing draught, which was necessary becausQ she had put herself in a violent passion. After this affair the husband had a fine baby produced to him, and it was outside the court in long clothes and made no complaint. (Laughter.) Could that have been the case if she had been in jured in the way described? As to the letter written to Mr. Levy in answer to his application for compensation, Mr. Bevan thought the best way was to deal with the matter in a jocular way, and it probably occurred to him that it would have been a treat to have seen Levy in the hunting field on horseback, and his little clerk riding on a smaller animal. It was not unlikely, however, that if they had gone upon such an expedition they would never have heard of poor Levy again. (Laughter.) Mr. Bevan, the defendant, was then called, and in the course of his evidence said, when he went to the cottage he heard Mrs. Holton calling him a blackguard and other epithets. She then came upstairs and said no one should see her rooms. She used very abusive and impertinent language • she put herself in such a positi on th a t h e was regu larly jammed up. He wished her to go downstairs, and she refused. He then took her by the elbow and pushed her four feet six inches to the head of the stairs. She turned round and seized him by both hands, and said, " If 1 go downstairs you shall go too." With some difficulty he disengaged himself, and in doing so he pulled her back in a sitting pos ture on the second step, with her feet on the third or fourth. She immediately got up and walked down the remaining stairs. He solemnly swore he did not push her down. She called hire all sorts of names and said he was afraid to strike her. The defendant also stated that he always carried a stick because he was lame, and that he had shot off two of his fingers. In cross-examir.ation he said he had never been pulled up by a servant. He had flogged a stable boy on the back with an ash plant many a time. Ile never compensated their friends. He only gave them that which they afterwards thanked him for —wholesome chastisement. lie was trained in the same way himself in a public school. He admitted snatching a sheet out of Mrs. Holton's hand. He was annoyed, but he was a remarkably placid man. He constantly shook his stick when he was speak ing to any one. Other evidence having been given for the defence, Mr. C. Noble, a surgeon, said when he saw Mrs. Holton on the Thursday she showed him a mark on the back of her hand and on her elbow ; be asked her if she had received any other injuries, and she said none. She observed that she had powerful friends who would at once be set to work, and said, " I think I had better go to bed and take a compos ing draught.' Witness replied, " I think you had, and keep in a quiet state." She seemed as if she had been put out, and he sent her a composing draught. He saw no black-eye, or any other iriju. ries than those he had mentioned. The learned Judge having briefly summed up the case, The a verdict jur jury retired, forthe and on returning into court gave plaintiff—damages one farthing. COURT oF coMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius—in London—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) THE PATENT TYPE FOUNDING COMPANY V. RICHARD AND ANOTHER-ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT. This was an action to recover damages upon the ground that the defendants had infringed a patent, for an improved manufacture of type. Mr. Lush, Mr. Hindmarch, and Mr. Gates op. peared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Knowles, Mr. Grove, and Mr. Webster for the defendants. It was stated by the plaintiffs' counsel that the patent in question was taken out in 1854, by Mr. Johnson, and this patent was now vested in the plaintiffs. The defendants, MessrE. Miller and Richard, were extensive type founders in Edin burgh. Before Mr. Johnson's patent type was made out of a combination of lead and anti mony, there being about seventy-five per cent. of lead. Variou s a tt emp t s h a d been made to harden type metal, zinc, and in th e ex hibition of 18M there was some persons using copper and others shown a French invention for making type out of copper wire by pressure without fusion. It turned out, however, th a t copper would not stand wash ing, and the i nvent i on, therefore, became useless. Mr. Johnson h a d b een e ngaged since 1849 in in quiring into the matter, and he was aware that a small proportion of tin had been put into type metal to make it " t oug h er ," but nobody had used it to " harden" the metal. It could not be accoun ted for chemically that a larger proportion of a soft metal should make the compound harder ; but Mr. Johnson f oun d th a t by using a large pro portion of tha be could make a metal that would fuse readily, cool quickly, and come out so hard that you could use the metal AO a punc4 when applied to the ordinary typo metal. Mr. Johnson accordingly took out a patent, and in his specifications said that he claimed every com bination of the three metals which contained 25 per cent. of antimony and 75 per cent. of tin and lead, of which the minimum of tin must be 25. The defendants, in their circular issued in Jan., 1856, stated that they had during the last ten months been augmenting the strength of their metal, and this enabled them with confidence to offer a quality of type surpassing every other : and they sold type to the times and other establishments. This type the plaintiffs contended had been made in violation of their patent rights, the type having in it more than 25 per cent. of tin. The defence was that it had been long known that tin possessed the quality of hardening the metal, and it had been used in combination for making ship nails, which were Ea hard that they would I penetrate oak without being blunted. In Savage's " Dictionary of the Art of Printing," published before the patent., there was a description of tin, lead, and antimony being used for type metal, very much in the proportions given in Mr. Johnson's patent, and in a treatise on English founding tla foundries, published in 1778, a mixture of tin and lead was desciibed as being less flexible and more solid and durable than lead. The French Encyclonedia alEo said that a great quan tity of tin was used in combination with lead and antimony. Beyond this the defendants had for many years used tin, and therefore the prin ciple of the use of tin as provided for by Mr. Johnson's specification was not new, and his patent was not a valid one. A great deal of evidence on both sides was laid before the jury, and in the course of the evi dence for the defendants the jury stopped the case, and a non-suit was entered. Ass.rzE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, APPLEBY, FEB. 21. Mr. Justice Keating and Mr. Justice Hill arrived at this town yesterday. The commission was opened by Mr. Justice Keating. The assizes for Westmoreland were unusually heavy. There were seven prisoners for trial, one charged with murder, one with an attempt to com mit a rape, one with arson, one with bigamy, and the rest with larceny and false pretences. There was no civil cause. Mr. Justice Keating took his seat on the bench soon after 11 o'clock, and charged the grand jury. The charge for murder by a woman of her ille gitimate child was thrown out by the grand jury, and several of the other prisoners pleaded Guilty. Thos. Stewart, a railway navvy, was charged with assaulting Isabella Leesby, the wife of another railway navvy, with intent to commit a rape. The woman's evidence was contradicted by evi dence for the prisoner, showing acts of undue familiarity with him immediately after the time when the assault was alleged to have been com mitted; and the jury, on his lordship's suggestion, stopped the case and Acquitted the prisoner. Mr. Bell appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Fawcett for the prisoner. Isabella Joel, a servant girl, 14, was indicted for maliciously and feloniously setting fire to some hay in farm premises, the property of Mr. Longrigge, at Great Strickland, with intent to set fire to some farm buildings. Mr. C. Foster appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Scott for the defence. It appeared that the prosecutor is a yeoman liv ing on his own farm at Great Strickland, and that he had hired the prisoner as his farm servant at last Martinmas Penrith " statutes." She didnot perform her work in a satisfactory manner, and was fre quently scolded by both her master and mistress, and she disliked having to fodder the cattle, as she said they kicked at her. On Nov. 29th the prose cutor had some hay in his barn set fire to. The fire was fortunately soon extinguished, and the prisoner at that time suspected of having been the cause of it. A witness named Parker, after that fire, said in the hearing of the prisoner, while talking about it, that it was a fortunate thing the fire had not taken place near the " fodder gang," at the other end of the premises, as there were two "mows . ' of hay there, and it would have been more difficult to put it out. On Dec. Bth, only nine days after this, a fire was discovered between 7 and 8 o'clock at night at the top of the fodder gang, and between the two mows of hay, which were on fire. Within half an hour before this discovery the prisoner was seen to leave the kitchen and go into the washhouse with a lighted candle, closing the door after her, which was not usually done. She returned to the kitchen and began cleaning shoes ; ten minutes afterwards her master discovered the barn on fire. She could get easily from the barn to the washhouse. The fire was got out about midnight, after doing £2O worth of damage. The prisoner was again suspected, and taken into custody, and then made a statement to the policeman that " if he would go for her master she would tell him all about it." She then made a statement to her master under a kind of promise of forgiveness if she would speak the truth, which ex cluded her statement from being given in evidence. She was then taken to the Shap police•st Ition, and on being searched there by the woman searcher, a quantity of lucifer matches were found in her pockets, and she made a statement that she had taken the candle into the byre, and gone up the fodder gang, and applied the candle to the hay till she saw it was in a " lowe," and then she left it. She did not know why she had done it, and was very sorry for it. For the defence it was suggested that the prisoner went to search for an apron she had lost, and that the fire was accidentally and not wilfully caused. His Lordship having carefully summed up the evidence, The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy on account of her youth. His Lordship said, taking that recommendation into his consideration, he would pass on her a lenient sentence, in the hope that a short but sharp and severe punishment might teach her never to attempt such an offence again. She might have dove the most serious damage—have burnt down the pre mises and the family in their beds, He was sorry to learn she had given vent to ebullitions of temper, which must be checked, or she would come to some dreadful punishment; but, believing that she had not contemplated the result of her wicked and foolish act, because of her youth ho would pass on her the lenient sentence that she be imprisoned, with hard labour, for three calendar mouths. This terminated the assizes. LONDON WELLS.—I observe in a recent num ber of 'the Builder a notice in respect of the " Clerks' Well" at Clerkenwell, London, which is very interesting. I see it stated in the Loudon journals that it is in contem plation to remove Holywell-street, Strand, with a view to the improvement of that district of London. I have to express a hope that care will be taken, in that event, to search for and preserve the ancient " Holy Well" of that locality, which still supplies the "old Roman bath" in Strand-lane with the purest water, although the source is still hidden and neglected. It would be found, I have been informed, in some one of the back yards of the present houses in Holywell-surest. In these days of public drink- Mg fountains it would afford an inexhaustibl e sup ply o f pure water ; and an appropriate architectural structure erected over- it would bo an ornament to that frequented locality, and tho associations connected with it would gratify liberal and classical taste. It is as old as the days of Julius Caesar, who, it is said, built the old Roman bath above stated.—The Builder. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's delicious Revalcuta Arabica Food invariably restores health, without medi cine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. 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The very satisfactory results from the use of the invaluable Oint ment, in cases where patients have been suffering from these complaints, have induced the medical profession to introduce them into their hospitals and their private prac tice; and in many instances where the suff er er was con sidered incurable Holloway's Ointment, in conjunction with his Pdls, healed the meat desperate wounds. They are unequalled for the cure of scrofula and diseases of the skin. In all skin affections incident to children, from the simple red gum to the complicated scorbutic disea!:e, .Hol loway's Ointment exercises a remarkably beneficial ins ence, cooling the inflammation, relieving irritation, and /Min vase t 9 SA9 iraratieAt little euffino. SAL2IION FISHERIES OF ENGLAND. During - the autumn a Royal Commission has been inspecting the rivers of England and Wales, and inquiring into the salmon fisheries, with the view of increasing the supply of so valuable an article of food ; and the report, with the evidence taken, has just been published in a volume of con siderable: size and much interest. Not only has the salmon fishery in England declined, but, unless timely measures be adopted for its recovery, it is threatened at no distant period with extinction. One point to be considered is Me capture of fish out of season. There is, unfortunately, a ready market for cheap but unwholesome salmon in France, where it is supposed the ingenuity of cookery succeeds in making them palatable and harmless. The commissioners recommend that, in order to protect the salmon from capture or disturb - ance throughout the breeding season, it be " close time" from the Ist of September to the let of February, except for anglers, to whom a few weeks later may be allowed, but not for sale. But there are other abuses to be dealt with. The law dis countenances monopoly, and holds with the natural law of distribution, by which_ all, from source to sea, get their' Ehare of the preduce of the waters ; and, for the sake of the public interests, the law has always set its face against artificial obstructions to the free passage of the salmon ascending and de scending the raers in obedience to their natural instinct, and such an obstruction was pronounced by Lord Chief Justic.' Ellenborough a public nuisance at common l aw . Accordingly, the com missioners make the following :ecommendations : —That all fixed engines on the estuaries and sea-coasts be suppressed by law ; ,1,7 scare away the fish when coming in shoals seeking the rivers ; they are of modern invention or they woulu have been prohibited by the old statutes, as they are opposed to the whole aim and spirit of the fishing laws. That all fishing traps connected with mills, or placed in mill streams, be also suppressed, and that where there are mill or navi gation weirs (not combined with any trap for taking fish), salmon ladders be put up as in Ire land, making the surplus water available for enabling the fish to surmount the weirs. There is more difficulty in the case of private fishing weirs or traps, because they are of great antiquity, re cognised by ancient grants, and referred to in Acts of Parliament ; but as they are at present of little value, and belong mostly to men of wealth, intelli gence, and position, it is hoped that if they see other hindrances to the production of fish removed by law, they will not allow any privilege of theirs to stand in the way of the general good, and, at all events, these weirs should be placed under such regulation and supervision as may guard against abuses in the management of them, and against any further encroachment on the public rights ; and in order to prevent the weirs being used so as to form, in violation of the intention of the law, an absolute bar to the passage of the fish, the proprie tors should be required to leave what is called in Ireland a " Queen's gap," or " Queen's share ;" that is, an opening sufficient to allow the passage of some proportion of the fish to the upper waters, as the Irish Acts require. Further, it is recom mended, with the same object, that there bs a weekly " close time," from Saturday evening to Monday morning, during the open season. The sale of salmon roe to be prohibited. The commis sioners recommend that some central authority, whether a new board or an existing department, be empowered to assist and control the local admi nistration of the fisheries, which might be carried on by means of elected boards of conservators, the requisite funds to be raised by a rate on private fisheries and a license duty on engines of all kinds, with perhaps, at first, some aid from local subscrip tions. The expense of the salmon ladders might be defrayed from this fund where the weirs are of above 20 years! standing. The central authority might have some discretion to deal with the sub ject of poisoning by water from lead mines; at least, so far as to require in the case of new mines that efforts be made to neutralize or mitigate the mischief by the application of mechanical means. The commissioners are convinced that the sal mon fisheries are capable, under judicious manage ment, of supplying no inconsiderable amount of valuable food for the consumption of the people. That the improvement of these fisheries is a matter which concerns the public at large far more than any individual proprietor, but that any sacrifices required at the outset from indivi duals will be found to be more apparent than real, and to be amply compensated by the result in the course of a very few years. Every fact elicited during the inquiry bears witness to the conclusion that an open river is the best for all, and a recur rence to the ancient policy of this country, by the removal of obstructions, the sure and only road to the restoration of the fisheries. .R A ILIVA Y ZVI LIGENCE. The railway proceedings of the week have been unimportant. At the meeting of the London and North-Western it was resolved to divide at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum out of the available balance of £691,505. In the past half-year the cost of maintenance of way and of locomotive power has been unusually heavy, the provision for renewal of road having increased from £56,667 to £83,333. On the other hand, the balance paid to other com panies has been less, and there has been a saving in the interest in borrowed moaey. Various improve ments have been introduced to facilitate traffic and afford the public increased accommodation. The report of the South-Eastern states that there has been an augmentation in the revenue of the past half-year of £12,620, while the working expenses have increased by £22,703. The continental traffic has improved, but the local passenger and goods traffic has suffered through the badness of the wea ther, and the failure of the crop of hops. At the Eastern Counties meeting the dividend announced was at the rate of 21, per cent. per annum. The weather and the deficiency in the harvest have affected the recipts, the gross total in the past six months having been £719,830 against £727,513 in the same period of 1859. The working expenses have been £349,975, showing au increase of more than £20,000, owing partly to additional expendi ture for permanent way and works. The outlay of capital has been £4,245 for further station accom modation, £lO,lll for permanent improvement of bridges, and £39,753 for new plant. The differences with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies re main unsettled. The report of the Great Northern proposes a dividend at the rate of 6 - 4 per cent. per annum, leaving £965. The revenue shows an in crease of £1,654, while the expenditure has aug mented by £16,044, 0 wing to the wet season the produce of the agricultural districts through which the Great Northern runs was seriously di minished, the grain traffic alone having been about 30,000 tons less than in the correspond ing half of 1859. The passenger traffic and coal trade in the Lincolnshire district were also affected. The London and Blackwall have ordered a distribution at the rate of 4 por cent, per annum. The wet weather has been prejudicial to the pas senger traffic, while, from the works in progress to provide more extended accommodation for oods having taken longer in construction than bad leen expected, no additional revenue has been derived from this source. The report of the South York shire states that, the gross income in the past half year was £85,198, being an increase of £9,006, and that the available bal , ince is £24 ; 046, out of which a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum is proposed. The augmentation in the traffic has been progressive, notwithstanding the drawbacks of a colliers' strike and the unfavourable harvest. A provisional lease of the undertaking to the Mau chester, Sheffield, and Liecolnshire has been ar ranged. At a meeting of the South Wales the dividend declared was at the proposed rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The receipts for the past half year were £196,334 against £187,421 in 1859, the increase being nearly equal in goods and passen gers. An arrangement has been concluded with the Vale of Neath for the interchange of rolling stock and the working of the Neath station. A bill has been introduced in Parliament with the view of placing the relations between this company and the Great Western on a better footing. The Monk land have divided at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, carrying a balance of £3,088 to the reserve. The gross receipts have exceeded the preceding half-year by £4,096. The cost of opposing the Caledonian, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Scottish Central Amalgamation Bill of 1860 has been £3,477, and another expensive contest is anticipated this year from the introduction of a bill said to be essen tially the same as the last. The report of the Bristol and Exeter recommends a dividend at the rate of 51- per cent. per annum out of the disposable balance of £58,608. The revenue for the past year has been less than in 1859, but larger than in 1858, At the Great Western and Brentford meeting the proposed distribution at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum was agreed to. A considerable accession of traffic is ex pected from the laying down4of the narrow gauge from Reading to Brentford and Paddingto n . The report of the Vale of Neath s t ates that there has been an increase in the last six months or £1,450 in the receipts and a d ecrease of £2,221 in.. the working expenses. A dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum is recommended. At the Victoria Station and Pimlico meeting it Wlti an nounced that the line was opened to the Brighton Company for public traffic on the Ist of October, and to the London, Chatham, and Dover on the 341 of December, and that the working has since cm tinned without interruption. The total expen diture is expected to be within £500,000. The Maryport and Carlisle have declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per vent. per Annum, the railway ie now doubled, and goods' traffic has passed over the fle w line for a bout a fortnight and passenger trains f o r a week. At a meeting of the Great Southern and 'We stern .of Ireland the recommended distribu tion at; the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was con firmed. There has been an augmentation in the receipts on the main line of £7,000, which would have be in larger but for the bad weather in the autumn. The report of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford s innotinees that the increase in the receipts o f the pas;; half-year has been £2,029 as compared w itL the corresponding period of 1859. Preference nds only are proposed. The directors of the Ulster announce that the receipts in the past six moat he were £48,716 against £45,667 in the same per i o d of 1859. The available balance is £24,607, out of rhich a 51 per cent. 'dividend is recom mended, with an appropriation of £5,000 to the reserve. The extension from Monaghan to Clones i progress. At the Cork and Kinsale e tang was mentioned that the mhole ni finished by July. It is pro posediifi „000 of the unallotted shares. The Junctionisenratkaiknii:e playny be dared a dividend at the rate of ..,ic t Kent issue hßv 1 e o and Fleetwood, Preston, an p d er West ee Riding r per share. The sales of nt. peann i s t1 . 11 : 1 9 3 e. laud of the Illinois Centri: I . in the month of January amounted to £36,000, agait... st£B,ooo in January, 1860. The traffic receipts 13 that period were £65,000, showing an increase over the previous year of £28,000. The works on the Punjab and Scinde are reported by the last advises to be Steadily I approaching completion. • TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE 11TEEK. Miles Opened. Re,IE - ... -_ - 1' 1861. 1860. 1861. - - -' X rt Rush.. 35 35 - uties.... 100 100 1,437 r Down.. 21 21 637 es. Juno. - - - 20 13 1,203 125 125 5,426 219} 2191 13,828 ld rng,ton 8 4 8 - 20 20 321 pagt; age 6} 61 181 26 - 195 .........- .. 53 1 53 1 1,035 17 17 231 [notion.. 63 63 1,219 clft, (i3 63 1,535 ,King,st ) 4 1 ;} 40} 1,593 killen ttb l7l 17} 608 ber. Jun 671 671 983 E.Onion 499 499 23,556 sgoA - : , Dundee 78 78 3,013 ction :• • 30 30 228 . 31 31 1,216 Western 1831 18.31 7,324 283 283 25,111 tland at.(lrind ) 329' 249 0.953 583} 578 1 34,0 2 !en June 55 55 71) n 2s} 2,5 t 2C7 shire 39 51 395 4 34,315 Ington is 241 241 188 les 26 26 109 46 4 396 Vestem wall 6l 51 1,3 1 68 V estern S. Coast. 224 2231 12,121 , & Dover 5 191 754 iouthend , 42 40 905 ancolnsh 'l7 174 10,823 trincham 977 lisle Western) 6141 6141 37, . 61 ~ of hind. 177 177 4,155 56 56 :1,651 I. & Canal 44 44 2,201 'lisle 7B 78 , 3,410 1. Selkirk 199 174 y. 6,772 35 35 403 &Leybrn) 761 764 35,9;i.1 9 9 2,308 'e 246 233 ' 7,903 non. - 336 191 191 685 lz Railway 30 30 2,099 50 60 2,913 'stern ll5 115 3,700 'mingham 291 291 - heater,,. 48 48 - ref ord 29} 808 M 721 2,756 30 6 306 15,448 1711 1711 6,725 River Dun 118 113 3,464 Wigton 51 54 4,481 51 51 1,751 ancaster . 19 19 710 10 10 136 35 36 1,701 dkenny 3l 31 219 merick 271 271 684 rbr. &RaiL 39 39 4,227 162 158 6,639 &Egrmnt 7 7 376 tion l2 12 651 mess Jun 35 35 612 DLONIAL terdam 52 52 1,062 828 873 31,457 function 261 261 228 Huron., l6l 161 :1,512 ;ht) - - - aukie lB5 185 1,394 1081 1081 3,t518 e 1032 1006 E 46,281 :anada 970 970 9,677 insula 2971 245 4,109 'l " anada 3452 128 :Ng a 142 142 4,597 I &Alicant 301 284 12,661 da ::e 44 44 570 lediterrn 879 840 81,324 I 922 922 51,263 trg - - 69 69 497 0, 6B 68 1,231 ~ , , :904 887 38,807 ,e , 25 - - 75 75 942 'ranee..., 742 730 35,866 Opts. 153 1,231 1,532 1,328 11,412 567 925 931 22,881 5,271 2,939, 10,025 854 1,061 36,259 3,803 1,180 2.261 , 3,172 '387 33,197 2,306 7,669 * 641 1,653 2,832 3,690 715 2,675 14,983 A A2o' 3,066 7,167 4,7 n 1,591 10T . 350 j,o7* 645 3,836 6,249 770 24,630 .262 1,104- 1167 2; 4 74 42,612 10,833 3,631 1,881 5,808 3,085 9,088 .652 65,387 41,791 439 1,127 29,55.4 10,083 114 33,413 Railways. Bally, mt and N. Couuties.... elfas anc., & Ches. Juno. B lu s t, and Comity Down.. Birkd., Blyth and 17 , 0 0 ter.. Bristol and x Caledouian . . • Cockerm outh& orking,ton Cork and Bandon . Cork, 111=1s - rock, & rast>age. Cork and Yough al .. Cornwall . . • • Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. King, s t ) Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath i;andee, Perth, & Aber. Jun East ,:•igli an e Nrik.,&E.Cinion E Edinburgh. o u n t iee: , ant; Glasgow ... Edin burgh, Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction . • • Furness Glasgow & South-Western Great Northern Great North of Scotland xt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) Great Western Lnverness & Aberdeen Juno Irish South-Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire Leominster and Kington Limerick and Ennis.... • • . • Limerick and Foynes Llanelly Londen & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, & S. Coast. London. Chatham, & Dover Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheftield,&Lincolnsh Blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham Maryport and Carlisle ' Midland (incl. N.-Western) Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle North British (incl. Selkirk and Galashiels) North Devon N-Eastern(BedaletzLeybrn) North London North Staffordshire Oswestry and Newton Rhymney St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union.. eouth Devon s t , , uth-Eastern South Wales S. Y nrkshi re and River Dun Stock; on and Darlington Taff V ale Ulster Ulverstane and Lancaster Vale of Ciwyd Vale of Meath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall... W.Hartlepoollfarbr. &RaiL West Midland W'haven,CleatorotEgrmnt. Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Demerara (fortnight) Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France grand Trunk of Canada Gx•eat Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada L yons „tnd Geneva Madrid, arago ssa &Alicanl Northern of Canada ...... Sorthern of France Norwegian Trunk P a ris, Lyons, & Mediterrn Paris and Dawns Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse, South Austrian •••• • • • • Southern of France ....... Welland.... ...... „ ,• • • West Flanders W. and N.W. of France..., COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH--FEB. 23. i'B6D. _................ Z 1010 551 "1,094 5,347 12,927 5,330 1,715 697 41,607 At this market to-day wheat was in moderate supply, and last week's rates receded is to 2s per quarter. Bar ley in better supply, and prices unchanged. Flour was at late quotations. White wheat . 64s to 668 Red wheat 65s to 61s Malting barley....46s to 478 I Chevalier barley 41s to 44s Distilling d0......31s to 34s j Oats.. 26s to 30s Flour, 41s to —s Od per sack from the miller. OXFORD-FEB. 23. We have very little change to note in. the values of the various descriptions of grain at market. The market was well attended, and a fair business done. LEICESTER-FED. 23. The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, and prices as last week, with a slow demand. White wheat, 70s to 78s —red, 64s to 68s per 36 stone; a rather steady sale for barley, grinding, 32s to 34e; malting, 37s to 43s per qr.; oats, 24s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 56s to 68s, new, 38s to 40s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 50s I Seconds, 470 I Thirds, 45e per 20 stone. YORK- FEB. 23. The trade was dull, and wheat was in small show; sales were effected at previous prices. Wheat, red 45s to 56s I Oats.... 24s to 268 While do .58s to 64s 1 Beans 48s to 568 Barley .38s to 42s 1 Peas ....—s to —8 Malt, 70s to 72s per qr.; rye, 37s per qr ; flour, 48s to bOs per sack. ST AMFOR A small supply of wheat sold at last week's prices. Wheat ....68s to 63s I Oats.. 24s to 30s White do 60s t o 66s Beans 42s to 44s Barley 36s to 44s I Ditto, old ........68s to 60s ,D—FED. 23. at market yesterday, which TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verb .. Mar. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. Feb. —. Cuba and MeXiCD ".. Feb. 28 Can ad a &c. (via L' derry) Overdue. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. March 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Mar. 6. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Fbli '26. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Feb, Do. (via Marseilles) Feb 'lndia (Bombay), (via Southampton) Feb, Do. (via Marseilles) • • •• . Feb Lisbon • • • • • • • • • • • • Feb Malta, Egypt, and Adon (via Southampton) .. Mar, Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. Vigo, and Oporto • .. Mar. United States, California, 6:e. Feb. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe Mar. West Indies and PacilieCarthagena, Cuba, Sce. Feb. 1. 27. B 1 It T ASHLEY.—On the 22d inst., at 28, Ladbroks square, Ken. sington• park W., the wife of Dr. Ashley, of a son. DOrJGLAS.—On the 20th inst., at Donaghadee, co. Down, the wife of Commander S. F. Douglas, R.N., of a son. Rucx.—On the 23d inst., at 6, Princes-street, Bank, the wife of William Ruck, Esq., of Grocer's-hall, of a son. MARRIAGES. HARRIS — JENKYNS.—On the 21st inst., at St. John's, Lewisham High-;road, Deptford, William Harris, Esq., Of Walworth, to Kate Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Jenkins, surveyor, &c., L e wisham-road. WALTER—LAMBERT.—On the 23d inst., at St. Pancras, Charles Walter, Esq., of St. Petersburg, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Geo. Hall Lambert, surgeon, of 105, Albasy• street, Regent's-park. DEATH...), ATLAY.—On the 21st inst., at the Rectory, Bridge Caster tou, near Stamford, the Rev. Henry Atlay, ALA., aged 75. BRAYBROOICE.—On the 221 inst., at Audley End, Baron 13raybrooke, aged 40. CHAPMAN.—On the 21st inst., at the Vicarage, Basing bourne, Cambridgeshire, the Rev. Win. H. Chapman, M.A., aged 53. THomPsoN.—A sont 72, Bolsover-street, Portland-pl ace , W. H. Thomp, Esq., of Kilharn and Keimethorpe,York shire, aged 77. UTLAY.—On the 20th inst., at G r ove Cotta ge , Hackney road, Captain John Taylor Utlay, R.N., aged 75. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Count of Middlenx y_2 Monday, Feiguars, _lOl. ,