The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND. thing to develops they will develope it. There certainly never was anything to justify the incon siderate rush of last month ; there is plenty to jus tify a steady stream. To check the madric ss of the many without damping the enterprise of the few, the Local Government of Otago has i ut forward the following very sensible notice : A letter from Melbourne, dated October 25, says :—Sir George Grey arrived at Auckland in the corvette Cossack, on Thursday the 26th of Septem ber, after a passage of 41 days from the Cape of Good Hope. He was received most cordially by both Europeans and natives, and the highest ex pectations are entertained of the most favourable results of his mission. Indeed, no reasonable doubt can be entertained that the appointment of Sir George Grey is most judicious. At no other time would his prospects of success have been so nearly certain. The defeat of the War Ministry of Mr. Stafford, the accession to office of a set of men in whom the natives have great confidence, and the removal of a Governor who has shown himself in different to the rights of the natives and insensible to the sufferings of the Europeans—sufferings which his own policy has produced—have combined to smooth Sir George Grey's path. For some time past, as I mentioned in my last letter, the natives have held the opinion that there would be no more war, because Sir George Grey was coming ; while the Europeans felt great confidence that, while the principle of Sir George's policy would be wise conciliation and concession, firmness would not be wanting should the conduct of the Waikatos re quire it, I have already pointed out the mass of evidence which has been collected during the last four years as to the true nature of the King movement, which I have always considered as, in the main, an agitation for local self-govern ment. No doubt that, as events have rolled on, many of the more ambitious spirits among the natives have desired to carry it further. In so far as it is of the former character, Sir G. Grey's present advisers are quite prepared to aid him in conciliation and concession, nor will they shrink from giving him an equally cordial support should it unhappily be necessary to enter upon a new war. This the Government is now in a better condition to do than when Gen. Pratt had the conduct of the war war at Taranaki. He was compelled to shape his operations according to his moderate force,which never permitted him to take more than about 1,400 into the field. The force now at Gen. Cameron's disposal must exceed 7,000 men, and discouraged as the natives have been by the result of the Taranaki war, sensible as they now are of our superiority, I do not think they will attempt to brave collision with our troops, now that they are convinced they may rely on the justice of the Governer and his ad visers. As yet the newspapers say but little of Sir G. Grey's intentions. In detail they are probably not formed, but from private sources of information I am enabled to say something of his plan generally. The opinion of the best informed settlers is that, whatever may be Sir G. Grey's success, whether complete or only partial, the recall of Governor Browne has saved the colony. Had he remained the constitution would in all probability have been suspended in less than six months, and martial law (Browne's grand expedient) proclaimed in every part of the colony. That is believed to have been Governor Browne's object, while Grey has no such views. It is believed that he has large plans in his mind, very similar in principle to those developed by Mr. Fenton before the Waikato Committee, but more extensive and complete. His idea is (as I am informed) to break down the distinction of race, to create an administration of native affairs, worked by the natives themselves with European help, and under the direct control of the responsible Mini sters. He has already placed Mr. M•Lean and Mr. Smith (native land purchasers and native Secretary) under the absolute control of the Ministry. Though quietly done and without any allusion to Browne, it is a complete bouleversement of the late Gover nor's policy, for he would not give the present Ministry a particle of control over native affairs. It was rather a question with some how Grey would get on with the present men. Fos, the present Chief Secretary, was principal agent of the New Zealand Company when Sir George Grey was for merly Governor, and they came into collision on many questions, especially of native policy. But now their respective views will much more nearly coincide, and, as one of my informants expresses it, " they are both too old to ride dead horses." I am assured that Governor Grey met his old opponent, and present chief adviser, in a very cordial spirit, and their relations, both personal and political, are entirely satisfactory. It is very confidently expected that Sir George will get over the crisis without fighting, and that, too, without any compromise of the Queen's autho rity, and such is my own opinion. If, unhappily, hostilities have to be resorted to, they will be con ducted on quite a different .principle from those which Sir Thomas Pratt was compelled to resort to in consequence of his scanty force. Sir G. Grey will occupy military posts, cut off river communication, and do what he did in the Wellington district for merly with such effect—push into the Waikato country. This, I have no doubt, will soon bring the natives to reason, and, accompanied as it will be with valuable measures of native Government, embodying what is good of the King movement (for I have always considered that there was a good element therein), I am very confident that it will be done without force. You will find from the Auckland newspapers that Sir George Grey on landing had a very en thusiastic reception. These newspaper accounts are not always to be relied on. It is easy for a few " PUBLIC NOTICE. " The largely increasing immigration to this province from the adjacent colonies, notwithstanding the appearance both in Australia and Dunedin, of such accounts of the goldfield as should have induced intending immigrants to act with greater caution, and to await the fuller develop ment both of the character and extent of the Otago gold field, makes it imperative on the part of the Government, as they are anxious to prevent the inevitable consequences of so injudicious a movement, to come forward with an autho ritative declaration. " The Goveznment cannot doubt the existence of a valuable goldfield of considerable extent, capable of affording remu nerative wages to a large population, but they desire that it should be known that, owing to a scarcity of wood for fuel and for slabbing purpo,es in many localities, considerable difficulties and expenses will have to be encountered in the prosecution of the miner's occupation. It should at the same time be remembered that the greater portion of the gold hitherto extracted has come from one or two gullies, which may shortly be exhausted, and though the amount brought by escort continues to increase, it must be ccnsi dered that the mining population, almost trebled within the last week or two, is spread over a much larger area than formerly, and that the diggings are mostly of a shallow alluvial character, very few nuggets exceeding an ounce in weight having been found, and but little gold imbedded in quartz. " In presenting these considerations to the public, which the Government have abstained from publishing in a strictly official form until in the possession of information of a more decisive and reliable character, they consider it a duty to protest against those exaggerated statements which are re presented to have been in circulation in Australia, and which are likely to be productive of so much suffering. The Government have every confidence in the auriferous capa bility of the province. They feel assured that for many years it will afford a highly remunerative yield to capital and labour. They will warmly welcome their fellow-coun trymen to these shores, there being abundance of available land in the market, and the country being well adapted, both as regards climate and soil, for agricultural and pas toral pursuits, presenting many attractions to a settled mining population, and offering a reasonable prospect of employment to labourers on public works; but they can not, even tacitly, sanction a movement which, arising from delusion, may terminate in suffering. " J. RICHARDSON, Superintendent of _the Province of Otago. "Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, Sept. 28, 1861." Now, what are the facts as to the supply of gold? In my last I gave the progressive increase exhit.ited by the three fortnightly escorts from August 21 to September 18. I am now enabled to give the quantity taken to Dunedin by every escort up to October 4,—namely :—July 12, 500 oz. ; August 1, 2,000 oz. ; August 21, 5,056 oz. ; September 3, 7,759 oz. ; September 18, 11,281 oz. ; October 4, 12,482 oz. ;—total, 39,078 oz. Now, supposing the increase is not progressive, the result of the last two fort nightly supplies is that Otago is producing gold to the extent of about £1,250,000 sterling per annum. The shipments were,—by the Lord Ashley, August 3, 1,269 oz. ; Omeo, August 10, 780 oz. ; Oscars, August 31, 5,827 oz. ; Omeo, September 11, 6,900 oz. ; Aldinga, September 19, 2,400 oz. ; Oscars, September 21, 3,000 oz. ; %Yonga-wonga, September 25, 3,000 oz. ; Aldinga, October 5, 2,400 oz. ; Kernollee, October 10, 7,000 oz. Total, 32,576 oz. Now the papers state that the branch of the Bank of New South Wales has in charge 10,500 cz., and the Union Bank has 1,000. After the last escort 10 days' production in the hands of the diggers must be added, which, with the amount shipped and in the banks, would make about 52,500 oz. for the first three months, and that, too, progressively in creasing. The New Zealand papers show that within 15 weeks 13,255 persons landed at Dunedin, and about 1,500 departed. So that they gained nearly 12,000, of which number in September alone, as our official returns show, they obtained 8,199 from us. people to get up a cordial reception. If half-a- dozen people of the servile class so common in our colonies chose to erect a cheap triumphal arch of green boughs with a few pink ribbons and cluster of roses about it, who would be so ill-manner ed to pull it down ? Got up demonstrations and addresses are but too common in these colonies. But in Sir George Grey's case, I am assured that except among a few of the old land jobbing party, which he thwarted by over turning Fitzroy's policy in 1845, the feeling on Grey's reappearance hasbeen one of unmixed satis faction, and his reception was most enthusiastic. Some years ago we used to hear a good deal of " the right man in the right place," but there is another element of success that is often overlooked, —namely, "at the right time." I believe that in the New Zealand case:all the 3 elements coincide. I hope and believe that Sir George Grey, aided by his advisers, will within a reasonable time place the relations between the Europeans and natives on a very satisfactory footing, and that, too, without injustice to either, and:without in any degree compromising the Queen's authority. The news from Otago continues to show that they have a permanent goldfield of a very remunerative character, but certainly not large enough to bear the sudden rush from this place which commenced towards the end of last mon th. A grea t num b er o f diggers rushed blind and headlong to New Zealand, as they did three years ago to Port Curtis, and 18 months since to the Snowy River , without the means of livi ng until they could obtain ' gold ; so that there has be en a good - d eal of distress, and many have returned, and Bella th ese without even look ing at the diggings, created a complete reaction. About three week , ago I counted 27 yes eels advertised for Otago, seven of them being large and powerful steamers ; in this liars Argus the number of vessels advertised is just abc, of which one only is a steamer. Still, I think, if the accounts continue to be favourable, as I think they will , we shall have a sort of reaction upon the reaction, so as to supply a steady stream but not a flood of emi gration to the new goldfields. From all I can learn, gold in some degree is pretty widely diffused in New Zealand. Not only is it produced in con siderable amount at Otago, but also in what is called paying quantities at the Buller River (west coast of Middle Island) and Massacre Bay. It has also been found at Canterbury, Karori, near Wel lington, and Coromandel Harbour in the north — in these last places a trace, as chemists say. Now, many of our fellows are the very men they want to develope these new resources of wealth. Many of our men who have gone to New Zealand are not the mere loafing " surfacers" who were driven back before they faced the difficulties of " the situation" by rumours of bad roads, flour at £lOO a ton, and " snow a foot deep," but men who carry money in their pockets and coura ge i n th e i r h earts to " give _t i stew months' trial," as one said to me. Some of these men rePrennt body, 4nd if there io any- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NI LTG, DECEMBER, 16, 1861. AFFAIRS OF .EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria, dated Dec. 4, says : The financial question, to use the ill-omened expres sion that has been adopted here, wears pretty nearly the same aspect it did when I last wrote on the subject—that is to say, that but little has tran spired to assist the public in coming to a definite estimate of the means by which the Government is to find an issue from its difficulties, or the length of time that may be requisite for bringing about so desirable an object. That little, however, I am glad to say, seems favourable. It is true it does not appear that any terms have been concluded with the Comptoir d'Escompte for the settlement of the old of 28,000,000 f. The first instalment, you are aware, was paid out of the proceeds of an estate in the 'adi Toumilat, which was sold by the Viceroy to the Suez Canal Company. For the remainder nego tiations are still in progress at Paris, and M. Thou venel, I am informed, has by mutual consent been appointed to seek some arrangements that may be acceptable to both parties. A French statesman will no doubt be able to sympathise in misfortunes which in their character so closely resemble those under which the Treasury of his own Government is suffering. Meanwhile, in accordance with the original terms of the contract with the Comptor d'Escompte, the Viceroy refrains from issuing fresh bonds or serdgis, while those in circulation are punctually met as they fall due. Hence, doubtless, it arises that the value of these securities is maintained at their former rates, of about 101 to 111 per cent. per annum discount. It is, moreover, hoped that the Government will be able to continue in the same course until a final mode of settlement is agreed upon for ending the contract with its Parisian creditors. The sales of plate and other articles, although many of the latter especially have been disposed of at a ruinous loss upon their first cost, have brought in a good sum. The expenditure of the Government is maintained at a greatly reduced rate, and, according to the arrangements concluded between the Viceroy and the Suez Canal Company, the balance of 68,000,000 f. that will become due, in addition to the bonds for £600,000 already held by the company, will not be 'called for until the year 1868, and will then be paid in annual instal ments of 8,500,000 E, extending until the year 1875. The relief thus afforded to the Government will of course be of most material consequence to it. The bonds of £600,000 above referred to fall due from 1863 to 1866, The circumstances I have thus detailed are very satisfactory, but they are of course altogether insuf ficient to exempt the Government from the neces sity of seeking external aid. As to the means that may be adopted to obtain it, little else can be offered but conjecture. For the present there is no fur ther question of a foreign loan. The French Go vernment has disavowed the proceedings of its Consul-General, who, as I informed you, interfered to put an end to the negotiations with the German capitalists. But since then more stringent orders than ever, we are assured, have been issued by the Porte. Not only is the Viceroy re strained from granting any portion of the public re venue as security for sums that might be borrowed, but he has been prohibited from contracting a foreign debt on any terms whatsoever. If this be so, it does not appear that there will be any other alternative but to resume the issue of Treasury bonds, using the Proceeds for the purpose of throwing back the echeances of existing engagements to more distant dates, and applying as much of the surplus revenue a o sf may gradually notg Viceroyeb. e tr.e absorbed a and dy finally y u e n x t t s i e t t g o ui he e h i n g object th e flo T at h in e left this morning on a visit to th e Suez Canal w or k s, accompanied by his nephew, Mustapha I 'asha. M. de Lesseps was awaiting their arrival in t he Isthmus for the purpose of rec9iving his illustric pus visitors with all dne honour. A circuit Istance has lately been repTtreedadtethrhesanti—l which see t us of so extraordinary a nature . to the pro gramme omit mentioning it t . ter.,o y r o ci v ing are a cannot ware that wel the projected canal, by ..urse the company's down for its cr tne elevated lands lying be egnrgaininmeee:rsl,a w as id to cross tween Has el 13e:iiah and Lake Timsah, and that a cutting conserpently became necessary at this part of the li .ne, reaching a depth of some 05 to 70 feet. The vroigr had actually been commenced for the pur pogo 9f outlining the re,* d 6 fervice, or prelinai nary trench that has been constructed from PoriT Said, through Lake Menzaleh, to Kantara ; but a few days ago we heard of its having on a sudden been discovered that by a deflection of only some four or five miles to the eastward the difficulty would be entirely avoided, that the canal would pass through a tract of country actually on a level with the sea, and where the engineers need simply follow the existing vestiges of an ancient canal, It seems almost incredible that so important a fact should not have been discovered when the country through which the great:canal was to pass was first surveyed; more especially so since the termination of the ele vated land or ridge of El Gisr, and the traces of an ancient canal are distinctly indicated not only in Li nant Bey's map, but also in others of far older date. In consequence of this discovery it is announced that the canal will proceed with even far greater rapidity than has been promised. But the oddest part, perhaps, of the matter is an admission that, as regards this particular portion of the canal "Les Anglais avaient un peu raison," in laying some stress upon the difficulty there would have been to prevent its bed from being choked up with sand. But this objection is now, of course, altogether at an end. I hope I shall not expose myself to indignant charges of jealous hatred, malice, and uncharitable ness when I add that I have heard more than one impartial person express it as his belief that there must be more in the matter than meets the eye. The telegraphic intelligence received from Eng land within the last few days has caused among the great majority of the Alexandrian merchants a complete suspension of business in cotton. The mercantile community of this place is composed, as you are aware, of persons of all nations, and in general they are very bold speculators. But on this occasion their fears seem fully awakened, and the grounds for these apprehensions, as stated here on all sides, singularly illustrate how general has be come the belief that the United States Government may allow itself to be guided by what they may imagine will gratify popular passion, rather than by a sense of what is due to true national dignity and self-respect. The decline in the value of cotton from its highest point this season may at present be estimated at nearly 7 dols. per cantar. THE PACIFIC. Advices from Panama have been received to the 23d ult., bringing news from Valparaiso to the 3d, Callao the 14th, and Paita the 17th. From Chili the news is favourable to the pros perity of the country, and great good was expected from the present Administration. Confidence was again reappearing in commercial circles, and, although the crisis was not yet entirely past, yet credit was becoming re-established throughout the country. Congress had adjourned. The establishment of the steamship line between the Atlantic and Pacific through the Straits of Magellan was urgently demanded, and looked for ward to with the greatest interest. The Govern. ment was likely to accede to the subvention asked for this object by Mr. Petrie, agent to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. The subvention to this company for their line from Valparaiso to An cud had been renewed, but at a diminished rate of 40,000 dols. instead of 50,000 dols, annually. Congress had empowered the Government to in vest 50,000 dols. in erecting forts on the Arauco frontier and cultivating the lands in that region now made waste by Indian depredations. From Peru it is stated that the elections had gone in favour of San Ramon. There appeared a prospect of a pacific arrangement of the question pending with Bolivia. The preparations for a war against Ecuador were still being carried on. President Castilla, it was said, was furnishing money and men to Urbina and Franco to go against Flores and Moreno. The Peruvian Treasury was reported as being in a bad way. Castilla had recently tried to raise 20,000,000 dols. in England, but so far had failed. Mar would probably be the next President. He was said to be a good, honest, patriotic man. Gen. Miller died on the Ist ult., deeply regretted. lie was interred with all military honours. The frigate Amazones had arrived at Callao with her boiler burst. The Arica had returned to Callao, having landed General Echenique, and Colonels Elespuru and Rivas, and Senor Larranasa on the coast of Chili. It was believed, however, that Echenique had re turned to Peru, and that an attempt would be made to push him forward again for the Presidency. From Bolivia there are very deplorable accounts. The Commander-General of La Paz, Col. Yanez, had brutally ordered to be executed some 220 per sons engaged in the recent revolutionary movement. There were shot, in accordance with his order, in the gaol, Generals Cordova, ex-President of Bolivia, and Hermosa; the priests Tejada, Larriva, Borjas, &c., Colonels Espejo, Silva, Larriva, Mendizabal, and many other persons of distinction. In the street there were 200 others executed. General Belzu remained in Paucarpata. The import market in Valparaiso is reported as very dull, owing to the entire absence of purchasers. Copper had obtained an advance, and there was little bar copper on hand. Money was very scarce, and likely to become more so, owing to its with drawal from the mining districts. A good demand for shipping had again been manifested, in consequence of which an advance on previous rates had been obtained. Tho British bark Bernard had been chartered provisionally to arrive at Caldera by the 30th of November at 82s. 6d., and the Pizarro, at Huasco, by the 15th of November, at 855., both for ores for Swansea. TEAR RtI2IIOURS AND PROBABILITIES. In Liverpool, and no doubt in most seaports of the kingdom, much anxiety prevails with respect to what may be the result of the British demand for reparation of the insult committed on our flag by the forcible abduction of the Confederate Com missioners from the mail steamer Trent. In the meantime every reasonable preparation for the worst that can happen is being made with the thoughtfulness and intrepidity which becomes a great people. A notification has been made in the rooms of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, that shipowners should instruct the captains of their outward-hound ships to communicate by signal or otherwise to any English vessel they may meet, the information that war is probable between this coun try and America; and this suggestion is said to have been greatly approved. While private asso ciations are thus taking precautionary suggestions, the Government is not by any means remiss. For some time past Liverpool has been in a state of lively excitement in observing the preparations made to meet the worst emergency which can wise out of the present complication. The splendid steamer Australasian was despatched from Liver pool on Friday evening, for Canada, carrying out 831 men of the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, under charge of Col. Lord A. Russell and 27 officers. She also took out 254 men and non-commissioned officers of the 4th Brigade of Artillery, under the charge of Capt. Leslie. On Saturday the Royal Mail steamer Niagara sailed for Halifax, having on board Major-General B,umley, together with 350 men and 20 officers of the Military Train. The Persia also, as has been previously stated, has been taken up and fitted as a transport, and this splendid ves sel has now, for the first time, had four of her boats fitted with Clifford's patent lowering apparatus. Her first complement of troops is to consist of 1,100 men, of whom the 16th Regiment of Foot is to form the principal body; she will also take out 120 men of the Royal Engineers, under command of Capt. M'Quay; Besides the troops mentioned, each of the vessels named also takes out a large amount of military and commissariat stores,amount ing, it is said, to 380 tons each. The Persia and Australasian take out of ordnance stores 500,000 rounds of ball cartridge, besides 100,000 rounds each for the troops. In addition to the Liverpool steamers named ; the Cleopatra, belonging to the African -- R ZYaI Mail Steamship Company, has also been tak li up by Government, and will, it is ex -13"..4.,ed, have despatch in about a week. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Peru an:h avesteamers e been Will, it i s un d erstoo d , i n a b out 10 days sa i l from o I m r p d e e r r a e t d r i c for , e Liverpool, taki ng w i t h h er 60 sa il ors and 40 mar i nes, as rrh reinfo rcements to our sq ua d ron i n th e P a cific. Imsuprevreaydoriyan Govern ment, oßvearhni: ment, and have also, it is said, reported on. It has been currently stated that the mail steamer America, which sailed fr om I on the 7th inst., was ordered todiverge Liverphoc route to New York, and to call at Halifax.on her the present state of feeling the slightest incident is 1 cavglA at as important. ALARMING lIRES. On Saturday, shortly before noon, considerable alarm was excited at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, by a fire breaking out. From inquiries made it appears that as some persons were sorting letters they had their attention called to a strong smell of gas. They were unable to say whence it proceeded. It was found not long after wards that a table 40 or 50 long was in flames. Fortunately the letters were collected, not one being lost or damaged in the slightest degree by fire or water. Feather and Bates, two of the fire brigade, were soon in attendance, but their assistance was not required. Yesterday morning about half-past three o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in -Union wharf, the property of Mr. J. Morrell, a hay and straw merchant, situate in North Floral-road, Kingsland-road. The flames when first discovered were raging in a building about 80 or 90 feet long, used as stabling and storehouses, in which were kept five horses and a large number of rabbits and fowls. Fortunately, owing to the exertions of the Royal Society's escapemen and the police, the horses were all saved. The engines of the parish and of the London brigade were quickly on the spot. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock in trade, the flames at one period assumed a most alarming appearance. The flames were not ex tinguished until about two-thirds of the building were destroyed. Some damage has also been done to an adjoining wharf called the Norway wharf, but principally by water and hasty removal. Mr. Morrell was insured in the Sun Fire-office. The origin of the fire is unknown. A fire broke out about the same time as the above in the premises of Mr, Pope, wholesale ironmonger, 50, Lambeth walk. The discovery was made by an officer of the L division of police, who by springing his rattle succeeded in arousing the inmates. They suc ceeded in effecting a safe retreat, but not until the street-door was broken open to allow of their egress. The engine belonging to Mr. Hodges, the distiller, of Church-street, attended, as well as the engines of the parish, and two of the London establish ment. The flames were not extinguished until the warehouse and contents were seriously damaged. The sufferers were uninsured. The cause of the fire is unknown. A third fire broke out in an unoccupied house situate at No. 4, Swan-place, Mile-end, which was attended with considerable damage. THE TEL CASE. The proof for Major Yelverton in the Scotch mar riage case was resumed at Edinburgh, before Lord Ardmillan, on Friday. Mr. J. F. Drummond, Haw thornden ; Capt. Wrottesley, Staffordshire Militia ; and Mr. John Blackwood, publisher, Edinburgh, were called to prove that while stationed in Edin burgh Castle and Leith Fort in 1858 Major Yelver ton passed both in society and among the officers as a married man. Mr. J. T, Atkinson, deputy-con troller of the General Post-office, Edinburgh, was shown the envelope of a letter in process addressed "Rev. Mr. Moonie, Rostrevor, Ireland," and de poned that it had reached the General Post-office, Edinburgh, from the sub-office at which it was posted on the evening of the 13th of June, 1858. He was also - shown, for verification of the post-marks, an envelope bearing the same address, posted at Hull the 10th of June, 1858, and another addressed " Vis count Avonmore, Donnybrook-road, near Newry, Ireland," posted at Boulogne on the 20th of June. No further evidence was offered at this stage. The Lord Ordinary having, on the 7th instant, granted a commission, at the instance of counsel for defender, to take the evidence of lawyers in Dublin upon the subject of the Irish marriage law, Mr. Crichton, the Commissioner, sat at the Four Courts, Dublin, on Wednesday last for the purpose, and the evidence taken has since been published. The first witness called was Mr. George Battersby, LLD , Q.C., who, in answer to the first question, stated that the marriage of Protestants with Roman Ca , tholics in Ireland is regulated by the statute 19th George 11., cap. 13, which annuls all marriages celebrated by a Popish priest between Protestant and Protestant or Protestant and Papist, declaring such marriages to be " null and void to all intents and purposes, without any process, judgment, or sentence of law whatsoever." There is no other statute, he stated, affcctidg the vali dity of such a marriage, and the statute is now in full force, and has been so treated by decisions of the Courts both in England and Ireland. The following are the principal questions put to witness as to the application of the statute to the present case, and his answers thereto :—Assum ing a ceremony of marriage to have been performed in Ireland at any time in the year 1857 by a Roman Catholic priest, between a male and female, both of full age of 21 years, one of such persons being then, and for several years previously, a Roman Catholic, and the other of such persons either then being, or having within twelve months previously professed himself or herself to be a Pro testant, would such a marriage be valid by the law of Ireland ? Clearly not. . . . . Assuming that one of the parties married by a Roman Catholic priest, though in fact a Protestant, or though he had within twelve months previous to the ceremony professed himself to be a Protestant, did at the time of the ceremony make a represen tation that he or she was a Roman Catholic, and that the ceremony of marriage was performed by the priest on the faith of that representation, would such party by the law of Ireland be estopped or barred from pleading or proving in a court of justice the invalidity or nullity of such marriage, assuming that otherwise the marriage would, by virtue of the statute to which you have Already referred, be invalid ?—ln a matri monial cause in which the validity or invalidity of such a marriage was the question at issue, such party would not by the law of Ireland be estopped or barred from pleading or proving the invalidity or nullity of such marrige. With reference to the statute 19th George 11., c. 13, sec. 1, will you state by what acts or deeds is a profession of Protestantism evidenced or ascertained? —The profession of Protestantism, to bring a case within the Act, should be evidenced by acts une quivocal, such as receiving the sacrament or attend ing the religious rites of the Protestant Church, or performing acts of religious duty which a Roman Catholic would not do. If a party were originally educated and brought up as a Protestant, and had continued to a mature period of life unquestionably a Protestant, would not less evidence suffice to prove him a Protestant, within the meaning of that statute, than would be necessary if, being originally educated as a Roman Catholic, and continuing a Roman Catholic to a ma ture period of life, his conversion to Protestantism were asserted ?—ln the case of a party originally educated and brought up a Protestant, and continuing so to a mature period of life prima facie he must be considered as still a Protestant, and the onus of proving him a Roman Catholic would lie upon the party alleging he was such Roman Catholic. In the case of a man originally educated a Roman Catholic, and continuing a Roman Catholic to a mature period of life, prima facie he would still continue a Roman Catholic, and the onus of proving him to be a professing Protestant would lie on the party alleging him to be such ; and the fact should be evidenced by acts unequivocal, such as receiving the sacrament or attending religious rites of the Protestant Church, or performing acts of religious duty which a Roman Catholic would not do. Examined for the plaintiff—lf a man about to go through the ceremony of marriage with a Roman Catholic declared at the time that he was a Roman Catholic, and thereby induced a Roman Catholic priest to marry him according to the rites of the Church of Rome, do you not con sider that such a declaration would be strong evi dence that the party making it was then a Roman Catholic P—lt would be evidence, but whether strong or not would depend upon the accompanying circumstances—as, for instance, in the case of " Gibbons v. Gibbons," where the party to be mar ried went to a priest who was not his parish priest, and on being asked if he were a Catholic answered that he was a bad Catholic, and thereupon, he being a Protestant in truth, was married to a Roman Catholic, such a declaration in my opinion kvas not strong eTideuce, but the we4got pouible .C:NlE , rvawifrow evidence, if evidence at all, of his being a Roman Catholic. Mr. John Edward Walsh, Q.C., LL.D., was the next witness examined, and the following are the leading questions and answers : If a ceremony of marriage be performed by a Roman Catholic priest in Ireland between a male and female of full age, one of whom is unquestion ably a Roman Catholic, and the other of whom is at the time of such ceremony a Protestant, or had professed himself or herself to be a Protestant within 12 months previously, does such a ceremony constitute a valid marriage ?—lt does not by the law of Ireland. Is it by reason of the statute 19th George 11., cap. 13, that such ceremony would not constitute a valid marriage ?—That statute i 3 enough to reader the marriage void ; but there are other statutes which may affect the question, and also tend to make it invalid. Is it as indicative of policy, or by virtue of their special provisions, that these other statutes may operate upon the question ?—By their special pro visions some statutes make the celebration of such marriages penal or criminal ; and, although the penalty upon the Roman Catholic clergyman is re pealed by a statute of William IV., some of these provisions may possibly still affect the question, but not so as to weaken the operation of the statute 19th George 11., cap. 13. In a suit ()triunity of marriage founded upon the 19th George 11., cap. 13, and upon the allegation that one of the parties married was a Protestant, or professing Protestant, to what period anterior to the ceremony should the inquiry as to his or her Protestantism or profession of Protestantism, neces sarily extend ?—To a year before the ceremony. Is it by the religious profession of the party for 12 months previous to the ceremony that its vali dity is to be determined P—lf the party had pro fessed himself or herself to be a Protestant at any time within the 12 months, and the other party was a Roman Catholic, the marriage is void. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14. (Befcre Mr. Baron Channell.) Captain Wm. Wilson was brought up for sen tence this morning. Baron Channell, in passing sentence, said—Wil liam Wilson, the jury have acquitted you of the crime of murder, and, after an anxious and careful in vestigation,have found you guilty of manslaughter, and since the Court separated last night I have given the case the most anxious consideration which I could devote to it. I think it unnecessary to the ends of justice to proceed upon the other indict ments, and I have now to sentence you for the of fence of which you have been convicted. Man slaughter is often complete in point of law where there is little of moral guilt or enormity, but there are other cases in which the law must visit the offence with great severity on account of the enor mity with which it is accompanied. You are accused by the prosecution not only with having caused the death of the deceased by acts of most unauthorised and unjustifiable violence, but with brutal violence, with having dashed the man down on the deck after repeated previous acts of cruelty, and when he was in a state of prostration and de bility from disease, with having jumped upon his chest when you were wearing heavy boots. The jury have not only found you guilty of violence which has caused his death, but they have solemnly assured me, in answer to a question which I put, that they believed you were guilty of most wanton and brutal violence. This is a case of great enor mity, one which within my own observation I have never scarcely seen paralleled, and I have ventured into this explanation to account for the sentence I must pass upon you. You were placed in a situa tion which gave you some control and authority over the men who were shipped, and who attended you on your voyage, and you have not only wan tonly abused that authority with which the law invested you, but under circumstances of the most atrocious enormity. The sentence of the Court upon you is, that you be kept in penal servitude for the term of 20 years. The prisoner, who manifested little emotion, was then removed. POLICE INTELLIqENCE.—Dec. 14. MARYLESONE.—THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT PADDINGTON.—DEPOSITION OF THE INJURED LADY.—One day during the past week, in pur suance of a prior arrangement with Dr. Wakefield, Mr. Yardley paid a visit to the lady who was so murderously assaulted at her residence, 5, Fulham place. After this he gave instructions that on a future day the three prisoners, Thomas Puzey, George Reeves. and Sarah Collett, should be taken privately to the lady's address to hear her depo sition taken. Accordingly at one o'clock, In spector Braddick, 1) division, Sergeant Potter, 2 D, and House, 97 D, arrived in cabs with the prisoners from the House of Detention, Mr. Yardley and Mr. Phillips, chief clerk, were already there. The prisoners having been placed in the room, the old lady sat up in her bed and the following depositions were taken. She said—My name is Sarah Green. lam a widow lady, aged 71. In the evening of the 24th October I was sitting in my arm-chair in this room (the second-floor front). My servant, Elizabeth Askew, was with me, and I had a fire and a tight in the room, and sent Eliza beth as usual, for my supper. After she left I was dozing in my chair, waiting for her, when some one came to me right across the room from the door. I looked up and saw that it was a tall man with a black mask on. My eye caught the shadow of another man. He came round the foot of the bed, behind the tall man, and was between the bed and the window. He was shorter than the other, and seemed to be stouter. The tall man struck me on the head four or five severe blows with something that had a large knob at the end. I think I should know the ball (meaning the knob) again. I begged and prayed of him to take his hand away, and told him that if he would take his hand away from my throat, I would tell or do anything he Hied. When I said this, he took hold of my throat, and pinched me till I lost my senses; and when I had in some measure recovered he came at me again, and gave me some more blows, besides which he gave me a most severe blow on the left cheek but I cannot say with what. He again clutched my throat but tighter than before, and I again became insensible. I could h e ,; . ! the other man up by the side of the bed, and heard 14,7nething rattling at my desk, which was locked. I ail`frwaids found on looking at it that it had been broke open, but I missed nothing from it. I saw the short an turn his arm and clutch LT _ my watch from the pocket t: t the head of the bed. Il My plate was in a basket under he table, and I can not tell the quantity missing. The bort man had a loose coat on, and this might have mat:: him ap pear stouter. The prisoner seems to be abo zit the height of the taller one, but lam not certain. 1,17 hands which clutched my throat were like his. They were thin long fingers. The life-preserver (which was here introduced by Inspector Braddreth) is like the thing I was struck with. When I recovered my consciousness I found I was alone in the room. I knew the prisoner Collett well. She was employed by me as my nurse last winter, and sat up with me at night. This was about seven or eight months ago. She was with me twice. In consequence of suspicions I had about her I discharged her, at the same time warning her that she must not enter my house any more. About a fortnight before the rob bery I heard that Collett had been to my house. When Collett was here I kept my plate in the bed room, near the window, and my watch was always kept in the watch pocket at the head of the bed, and she knew it well. I did not hear the men speak whilst in my bedroom. The lady, who gave the above statement in a very calm and lucid manner, had it read over to her, when she affixed her signature to it. The three prisoners were again taken in cabs to the House of Detention, to be brought up at this court next Wednesday. SOUTHWARD.—THE FRENCH MERCHANT AND THE BALLET DANCER.—A rather pretty looking young woman named Annette Watkins, stated to be a ballet dancer at one of the West-end theatres, was charged with stealing bills of ex change to the amount of 4,000 francs, 140 francs, 12s. in English money, and an overcoat, the pro perty of Mr. Arthur Ruggswedean, a French mer chant, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor, through an interpreter, said that on Friday night, a fortnight ago, he was supping with a countryman of his in the Haymarket. During the evening the prisoner was introduced to him by a friend, and be accompanied her to her lodgings in Stamford-street. He then had about him 15 bills of exchange, representing 4,000 f., 1 40 f. in g old, 12s. in English money, and an overcoat. When he went to bed he placed all his property in a drawer by his bedside. In the course of the morning he heard a shuffling noise in the room, and on getting out of bed ho missed his overcoat and waistcoat, besides the bills of exchange and all the money. His waistcoat, minus the property, was found on the mat by the street door, which was discovered open, thus showing that the party who assisted in committing the robbery had hurriedly left the house. Witness returned to the bedroom, and told thosrifioner as weu R$ he could ) ) Y *igUrsp WO WO; and the police were called and every place in the house searched, but none of the property could be found. Peace and Holmes, officers of the M division, deposed that they had investigated the affair, and they were of opinion that other persons were con cerned in the robbery. They therefore asked for a remand to make further inquiries. The prisoner most strenuously denied all connec tion with the robbery. It must have been done by some other person in the house. After considerable discussion between the solicitor for the prosecutor and the magistrate, the prisoner was remanded for a weekjbail being taken for her appearance. LAMBETH.—A HEARTLESS BIGAMIST—Henry Sorman Hamond, who described himself as a com mission agent, and who is son to a Kentish magis trate, was finally examined before the Hon. G. C. Norton on a charge of bigamy, and also deserting his wife and family. The prisoner had, in the first instance, been brought up from Portsea on a warrant charging him with deserting his wife and three children and leaving them chargeable to the parish of Camber well ; and, from inquiries that had been instituted by Mr. Sedgeley, the relieving officer of the parish, it was found that he had also been guilty of bigamy. Certificates were produced and evidence given to show that, in the month of May, 1843, the prisoner had been married at the parish church of West Ham, Essex, to Catherine Walsh ; and, in October, 1860, at the district church of St. George, Battersea, to Annie Landon, widow, both of whom are at pre sent living. There was also present during the examination a respectable-looking female whom the prisoner had seduced under a solemn promise of marriage, though a married man at the time, and subsequently deserted, leaving her with three children to support as she could. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. THE PARIS BUDGET. The report on the finances of Paris presented at the beginning of the week by the Prefect to the Council General is of considerable length; the follow ing being the principal points set forth :—The total receipts for 1860, the first year of the aggrandise ment of the capital, were 161,498,673 fr., and the total expenses, 138,544,981 fr., leaving a balance of receipts of 22,953,6921 r. By the enlargement of Paris the municipal treasury obtained au augmen tation of 6,000,000 fr. in receipts. Almost all the branches of revenue were'not only more than in the preceding year, but greater than had been calcu lated on. For the present year the total receipts are estimated at 204,405,749 fr. ; the total expenses at 182,782,237 fr., leaving a surplus of 21,673,512 f. In the expenses, the municipal debt is put down for 12,542,205 fr., under the title of " ordinary," which means the usual charges, and 12,237,475 f., under that of " extraordinary," which means reim bursements ; the Prefecture of Police absorbs 12,137,993 f. ; and the great public works—archi tecture and the fine arts, bridges, streets, and roads, the termination of works undertaken with the cooperation of the Government, and the extraor dinary expenses of all kinds caused by the exten sion of the limits of Paris—are set down for 37,572,99/fr. The budget of the year 1862 estimates the receipts ordinary and extraordinary at 125,027,6571 r., and the expenses at the same figure, 77,814,822 fr. of the latter being set down as ordinary, and 47,212,833 fr. as extraordi nary. The ordinary expenses are 3,330,637 fr. more than in 1861, 1,682,375 fr. of that sum being for the municipal debt (annual charges), 1,522,015 fr. for the Prefecture of the Seine, and 126,247 fr. for the Prefecture of Police. The increase in the debt is explained by the necessity of provid ing for the Caisse de Travaux, a subvention suffi cient to maintain its issues of securities. Had it not been for this circumstance, the debt would have presented a decline, owing to the operation of the sinking fund. The augmentation in the expenses of the Prefecture of the Seine is occasioned in a great measure by all the population of Paris being relieved from what is called the personal tax, by persons occupying apartments of only 250 fr. rent being excused from the payment of municipal taxes, and by reductions in such taxes being made to others who occupy apartments of higher rent, but who are poor. The number of families totally re lieved from said takes will be 41,140, and that of those partially relieved, 167,175. These numbers are greater than in 1861, and the report remarks that they prove that the number of small lodgings in Paris is not so small as is generally supposed. Other circumstances have also contributed to in crease the outlay of this prefecture—one being the neccssity of increasing the staff of clerks, &c., at the Hotel de Ville ; another an augmentation of the grant for public assistance; a third an increased allowance to schools, &c. The report gives details respecting the principal items of expense. One of these items is 10,516,500 fr. for the paving, macadamisation, and cleaning of the streets. For the year 1861 the sum appropriated to that purpose was 9,820,900 fr., and for 1860 it was 8,938,522 fr. The total length of paved and macadamised streets in Paris next year will be 710 kilometres (the kilometre is five-eighths of a mile) ; in 1861 it is 694 kilometres, and in 1860 it was 685. Of the 710 kilometres, 468 are in old Paris, the remainder in the annexed districts : 531 are paved, 179 macadamised. The surface of the 710 kilometres is 5,937,000 square metres—of which 4,183,000 will be paved, the rest macadamised. The lighting of Paris will cost 3,089,600 fr. The value of the building ground to be sold in Paris, in the Bois de Boulogne, and in the Bois de Vincennes is estimated at 65,440,078 fr. The report concludes by declaring that the municipal administration, notwithstanding the difficulty of its task, is proud at being associated in the execution of the great works which the Emperor has caused to be under taken for the embellishment of Paris." WILLS AND BEQULS2S. The will of the late Right Hon. Anne, Dowager Countess of Newburgh, of Slindon House, Arundel, Sussex, relict of the fifth Earl of Newburgh, was administered to by Sir Henry Webb, Bart., her ladyship's nephew, the residuary legatee, the exe cutors, P. H. Howard, Esq., and Sir Thomas R. Gage, Bart., having renounced probate. The per sonalty was sworn under £14,000. The will bears date Oct. 6, 1858, and the grant was issued from the Court at Chichester. The testatrix, who married the Earl of Newburgh in 1789, attained to a very venerable age, died possessed of a large fortune, the principal of it consisting of valuable landed pro perty and freehold estates. The directions contained in the will are numerous. To Viscount Kinnaird, Marquis Bandini, and heir to the earldom, are devised the estates in Gloucester and Northumber land ; and to Robert Blount, Esq., the estates in Sussex. All other the real estates, including the manor of Eartham, Sussex, together with the resi due of the personalty, are bequeathed to her lady ship's nephew, Sir Henry Webb, Bart. The pecuniary dispositions are legacies to personal friends ; and the annuities and bequests to her lady ship's servants, some of them being old and faithful domestics of her establishment, are most liberal. The charities are of a religious character, embracing ISCh , -, ols for education, &c. The of Sir John Forbes, M.D., D.C.L., ian to her Majesty's Household and F.R.S., Phys:: hness the Prince Consort, was to his Royal 111 . ,; on . the 27th ult., by his son, proved in London, Alexander Clark Fortis, Esq., of Whitchurch, a l - 2EI the personalty sworn Oxford, the sole executor; under £5,000. The will was executed in 1858, and a codicil in the year following ; anJ Sir John died on the 13th of November last, in his seventy fourth year. This well-known physician has left his property, real and personal, to his only son, after making a few bequests, same pecuniary and others consisting of books and various effects. To the Medical Benevolent Fund and the Royal Medi cal Benevolent College, legacies of £lOO each ; to the medical library, Marischal College, Aberdeen, his books on medical subjeets such as may not be selected by his son ; his leasehold school cottage to the present occupier for life, and afterwards to the minister of Fordyce and the schoolmaster of the parish school, to appropriate the annual rent in the purchase of suitable books as prizes to the three best boys of that school. There are a few legacies to servants. The will of William Stevens Richardson, Esq., formerly of Tanfield-court, Temple, but late of Dorset -place, Marylebone, was proved on the 20th ult. by Henry Hobhouse, Esq., Rev. E. A. Illingworth, M.A., and W. S. Cookson, Esq., execu tors and trustees. The personally was sworn under £30,000. The will, with a codicil, bears date in 1859. Mr. Richardson was the brother-in-law of the Right Rev. G. A. Selwyn, D.D., Lord Bishop of New Zealand, to whose wife (the testator's sister), in conjunction with his lordship, a life in terest in the handsome fortune of the testator is bequeathed, their two sons receiving it absolutely on the decease of their parents. There is a legacy of £5OO to the Rev. C. Walford, M.A., together with some paintings, books, &c., and a few other pecuniary legacies to friends, and to his former laundress a weekly allowance of 12s. for life. To his nephew, William Selwyn, he bequeaths the can delabra presented to the testator's father by King George IV. and the University of Cambridge; and also the salver presented by certain members of "Nobody's" Club. The testator has bequeathed a valuable collection of classical and other works of antiquity to the Cathedral Library ;of New Zea land, this bequest is to be free of legacy duty— gto(r“ted hyndori ifews. COUNTRY 1~1~ RILL' 16. - ►- YORK— DEC. 14. The supply of wheat at this market to-day again small, and a limited business was transacted, at about is per qr under last week's prices. Barley a tolerable show, and im fair request. Oats in small supply, but of fair quality, at late rates. Beans supported previous quotations. Wheat, red 62s to 658 Oats.... 22s to 26s White do .64s to 68s Beans 48s to 52 Barley .30s to 38s Peas .....—S to 0 Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr.; flour, 48s to 50s per sack. NORWICH—DEC. 14. Wheat to-day was in fair supply, and the advance es tablished last week was lost. A good quantity of barley, which was freely offered, and in most instances fully sup ported late rates. Flour is per saek easier. Oats, beans, and peas inactive, at last Saturday's prices. White wheat 66s to 68s I Red wheat 62s to 65s Malting barley....3Bs to 39s I Chevalier barley 37s to 38s New d 0.......... 37s io 393 I Oats.. to Flour, 44s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—DEC. 14. At this corn-market the supply of wheat was not an average to-day, and the attendance of farmers and factors tolerably good. The tone of the trade was moderate for best sorts, at recent rates ; inferior is lower-46s to 62s for old, and 60s to 66s for new. A fair business in barley— malting 33s to 30s, grinding 28s to 30s per qr. Oats in moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 22s to 353 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 45s ; peas, 37s to 455. nye, 37s to 425; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 40s to —s per sack. LEICESTER—DEC. 14. The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, and quota tions were a shade lower than of late. White, 64s to 70s —red, 56s to 66s per 36 stone. Barley active, NA ith a scarce show, grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 33s to 37s per qr.; oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans were unaltered — new, 40s to 42s ; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 47s J Seconds, 458 I Thirds, 43s per 20 stone. CAMBRIDGE;—DEc. 14. There was a limited supply of wheat to-day, and the trade ruled heavy—prices being a bout Is per qr lower than last week's rates—white, from 62s to 65s ; red, 58s to 60s. Barley in fair demand—malting, 35s to 40s ; grinding, 30$ to 325. Oats were steady, at 22s to 28s. Beans were sold at 40s to 44s per qr, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec, 19. via Marseilles Dec 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Dec. 26. via Marseilles Dec. 20. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 19. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 19. by U.S. packet by Canadian paoket.Dec. 18. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York ' ....Dec. 19. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Dec. 14. California,and British Columbia. RAILWAY INITLLIGEIV CE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. ' Receipts. RailwayS. ---...A..- 1861. 1860. 1861. 1860. X 4 Ballymena and Port Rush.. - - - - 0 Belfast and N. Counties.... 136 136 1,957 1,939 Belfast and County Down.. 49 391 565 t 7 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Juno. - - - - Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,550 1,590 Bristol and Exeter lO6l 125 5,532 5,673 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington 8a 81 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 3g7 424 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 1 386 214 Cork and Youg - hal 26 23 182 183 Cornwall 531 531 1,021 1,003 Deeside l7 17 295 281 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,500 1,515 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,745 1,75 0 Dub. & Wicklow (in. King st ) 481 401 2,220 1.507 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 652 592 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,038 1,020 East Anglian 67/ 671 946 836 E. Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 24,353 22,87 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburh, Perth,& Dundee 8 78 3,258 3,216 Forth & g Clyde Junction 30 253 251 Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1831 7,550 8,21 2 Great Northern 330 330 24,971 24,777 Great North of Scotland ~ qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 3 5 29 7,626 7, , 451 Great Western 7831 76?* 45,151 4 3 , 726 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 55 .55 858 816 Irish South-Eastern 25 25 331 277 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3 1 9 4 51 32, 1 1 3 33 1 35,015451 Leominster and Kington Limerick and Ennis... 24/ 24/ 161 210 Limerick and Foynes 2O 26k 161 131 Llanelly 4 46/ 436 440 London & North-Western London and Blackwell 5l 5/ 1,404 1,412 London & South-Western 400 3011 15,312 14,134 Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast. 241/ 2231 15,579 13,698 London, Chatham, & Dover, 721 291 1,518 77 1 Loud. Tilbury, & Southend 1 421 , 40 904 865 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 231 2314 14,924 15,27 0 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincliamt 91 91 1,071 966 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 39,770 40,40 0 Midland Gt.Westn. of Lind. 1921 1924 5,180 4,619 Monkland 56 56 1,573 1,6 2 6 Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,299 2,0 2 T Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3 , 466 3 , 627 North British (incl. Selkirk and Galashiels) 1 North Devon 35 35 431 39,r, N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 789 764 36, 2 8 1 37,1 " North London 9 9 2,350 2,252 North Staffordshire 246 246 7,231 8,06 S Oswestry and Newton 3O 20 504 465. Rhymney l9l 191 712 0 67 ,. St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 62 1 , 839 1,813 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,831 3,6 32 Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - - Shrewsbury and Chester - --- Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 291 786 1,025 South Devon S ou th-E as t ern 306 306 16,723 17, 137 South Wales l7ll 1711 6,755 6,623 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 54 54 5,204 4,62 2 Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 749 721 Vale of Clwyd.. lO 10 123 89 Vale of Neath 36 36 1,634 1,6 32 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 370 352 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,500 1,3 42 West Cornwall 271 271 611 53 1 W.Hartlepoolliarbr.&Rail 39 39 4,4 43 4,45/ West Midland....... - -.. - W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 372 40 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 630 63 9 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 601 631 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 970 97 5 ., Austrian B2B 673 46, 43 6 4 3 , 93 ' Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 279 296 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 4,239 3,28 5 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 2,823 2,8 69 Eastern of France ... 1032 1006 52,893 48,36 1 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 18,516 16,11 1 Great Indian Peninsula 4371 297/ 4,971 4,598 Great Luxembourg l2B 128 3,539 3,032 Great Western of Canada 345 345 9,474 8,91 2 Lyons and Geneva 142 142 4,852 5,41 5 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 12,732 12,35 1 Northern of Canada ... 94 94 2,273 1,60 2 Northern of France 691 623 54,269 51,745 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 938 1,10 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 102,273 90,726 Paris and Orleans 922 922 51,312 52,13 6 Pernambuco 361 -- 563 - Royal Danish 69 69 456 56 0 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,284 1,06 0 South Austrian Southern of France * 777 773 30,275 22,5 96 Welland.... .. 25 25 865 29 2 West Flanders .. 75 75 811 7 88 W. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 43,909 34,744 • BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS. , —" Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Fpst. Gold watches, sto 100 guineas: silver watches, 2 to 50 guiveas. Benson's new Illustrate Pamphlet. free for two stampel, descriptive of every construe' tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and cafe by post on receipt of a remittance.—J. W. Benson, 33 and al - , Ludgate-hill, 46 and 47, Cornhill, London E.C. Established 1749. BIRTHS. --- COMBER.—On the 11th inst., at Whitehaven, Cumberland , the wife of Commander Henry Wandesforde Comber, R.N., of a son. FALCONER.—On the 12th inst., at St. Leonard's Forest , Horsham, the Hon. Mrs. Keith Falconer, of a son. MANSFIELD.—On the 12th inst., at St. John's-wood, t he wife of George Mansfield, j un ., Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. LAMBERT—KEENS.-0/1 the 12th inst., at St. John's, Be a ,: minster, Bristol, R. Syd ne y L a mbert, Esq., of WWI Hall, Clovedon, to Henrietta Maria_, second daughter the E on. J ams H enry K eens , resident of ll.g? ° P Privy Council in the Island of Tob go. SMITH—HOLLAND.—On the 10th inst., at St. Mark's' Kennington, Thomas, eldest son of the late Thos. Smith" Esq., of Lambeth Pottery, and Upper Kennington-lan e ' to Frances Caroline, only daughter of W. P. Holland' Esq., of Kennington-road. DEATHS. ADDISON.—On the 13th inst., at 47, Andover road, Sons" soy, Lieut. John Addison, late of the 3d Dragoon Guard* aged 72. BOLTON.—On the 13th inst , Thomas Whalley Bolton, c f 4, Elm-court, Temple, aged 65. BLUNT.—On the 14th inst., Mary Robson, wife of gr. J. Blunt, of 110, Fenchurch-street, aged 39. CUBITT.—On the 10th inst., at his father's residence, 0 Uxbridge, Charles John Cubitt. aged 36. DAwsoN.—On the Bth inst., at Otten Belehamp, the ILO.' E. H. Dawson, rector, aged 57. FAYRER.—On the 7th inst., at Dinan, France, Agnes, the wife of Captain R. J. Fayrer, R.N., aged 63. FLETCHER.—On the 12th inst., at 10, Hanover Villaet Kensington-park, Edward Fletcher, Esq., aged 64. NEVILLE.—On the 7th inst., at Paris, Henry Neville, Esq' of Wellingore, Lincolnshire, and Walcot, Northamp ton.' shire, aged 52. NicnoLsoN.—On the 10th inst., at Tillingbourne, Dort' ing, John Nicholson, Esq., of Stamford-hill, aged 39. - - _ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, 0 ! No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,Stran a . in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the County of MAW* Monday, Deoerag 10; alb] 31 0: IVe A talc T al, 1 tior Add ties Mai UN LA the reel der • a