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

. 'l'llE MU PI , 1.n.1 mull , 7: ivivil Int I rat VMA 111 Ul', r .E 1120.11 01115, I :GO, 1.60.1.,e ► , a n newd Western line for abou toflre a l a ild fortnight 1 ere c a o n m d men passenger d ist trains distribu tion when applied to the ordinary type metal. SALMON FISHERIES OF ENGLAND , now doubled, and goods' traffic has passed over the _ 1110./1/mIP , A1.....M1NW100....i. 00. During 'the autumn tßoyal Commission has for a week. At a meeting of the Great Southe r l i " cessary notices to quit to the occupiers of the land tol Rifle Volunteers and an equal number of the 2d LAW INTELLIG.ENCE, _Feb. 23. i li n r h . is J Johnson p h e n c s i o fi n c a accordingly t io n s sai said that a t t o took claimedo ut a p eveat patent, n r y t , e and o m . THE NA TAY. to - at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, required for the erec- Glocestershire (Stroud) Corps. The Stroud men .---4,--_ EQUITY COURTS. bination of the three metals which contained 25 been inspecting the rivers of England and Wales per cent. of antimony and 75 per cent. of tin and and inquiring into the salmon fisheries, with the tion at the rate of 5 er cent. er annum was con- The Narcissus, 51, screw, Captain Risk, arrived tion of the new fort and barracks at th it part of were the victors by three points, but ten of their (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before Mr. been lin ea ofn augmentation x7, 000, which in w 0 the uld the island, number were marksmen, while only three of the lead, of which the minimum of tin must be 25. The view of increasing the supply of so valuable an firmed. reeetps T on he t r h e e h m as atn Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) at Spithead yesterday morning, under steam, from have . been t larger but " for the bad weather in the Devon port, and on anchoring exchanged the custo- A squad of officers, consisting of these recently Bristol Corps had attained that distinction. The HOLTON AND WIFE V. BEVAN-ASSAULT. defendants, in their circular issuecLin Jan., 1856, article of food ; and the report, with the evidence mart' salutes with the Victory, flagship of the Cora- joined from Addiscombe and others It' ely commis- return match is to come off at Stroud. This was an action brought to recover compensa bee n augmenting the strength of their metal, and siderable size and much interest. Not only has the autumn. The report of the D hi' Wicklow, stated that they had during the last ten months taken, has just been published in a volume of con- ine u re r se , iathe receipts wader-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce. Rear- sioned from the Royal Military Acadcmy at Wool- On Friday evening the oath of allegiance was tion in damages for an assault. this enabled them with confidence to offer a quality salmon fishery in England declined, but, unless Wexford announces that the e m f e p r a e r n e e d e Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., will join the wich, will commence a course of instruction in the taken in the mould loft by the three newly formed Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Griffits were counsel of type surpassing every other : and they so ld typ e timely measures be adopted for its recovery, it is of the past half-year 0 i2 1 ,0 8 2 5 9 9. a5 p e r 0 Narcissus at Spithead, prior to her sailing for the Royal Military Repository at Woolwich this morn- companies composing the 12th Devon (Dockyard) for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Field were for the defendant. to the limes and other establishments. This type threatened at no distant period with extinction. with the corresponding announce that the receipts in the past six heTapherbeutis,nnuwnfhoorlteusnomateel salmon amroenadin months the plaintiffs contended had been made in violation One point to be considered is th e capture of fish y div s i t d e e r ndsonly are proposed. The directors of the Cape of Good Hope, on which station she will be ing, under the superintendence of Lieut.-Col.Ward, Artillery Volunteers. Captain Commandant Peaks w Theplaintiff, Robert Holton, was a butler in the (the master builder) introduced the officers and men, . - employed as his flagship. It is expected that she instructor in gunnery. service of the defendant, Mr. Bevan, who is a ma- of their patent rights, the type having in it more marketoutofsefaosrone. will make a further official trial of speed at the than 25 per cent. of tin. The Ist division of the 3d Brigade Royal Artil- who are fine ablebodied fellows. After the cere- gistrate of Northamptonshire and a London banker.y, were £48,716 against measured mile in Stokes bay before sailing. lery, to relieve the Ist Brigade, tinder orders for mony they were addressed by Port Admiral Sir The other plaintiff, Eliza Holton, wife of Robert £45,667 in the same The defence was that it had The Sutlej, 51, screw, in the steam basin of Ports- Gib ra lt ar , arrived at Woolwich yesterday in her Houston Stewart, Admiral Superintendent Sir Holton, was engaged as laundress by the defendant been long known that France, where it is supposed the ingenuity of period of 1859. The available balance is £24 6 • cera Commander Hander- Thomas Pasley, Mr. Ryder, the Mayor of Devon - mouth Dockyard, is being fitted with Dr. Nor- Majesty's troopship Meg , at a salary of £BO per annum, with a cottage to e close to Mr. Bevan's seat. alive in in the .villag and it had been used in combination for making harmless. The commissioners e per is recom recommend that, in mended, with an appropriation of £5,000 to mandy's patent water-distilling apparatus. son, from Plymouth. The troops will land this port, and Major-General Hutchinson, Commander The female plaintiff said that in October last she ship nails, which were so hard that they would order to protect the salmon from capture or disturb- The . reserve. extension from Monaghan to Clones The Euryalus, 51, screw, in the steam basin at morning at 10, and will occupy the quarters va- of Forces in the West. There was a considerable received a month's notice to leave the defendant's penetrate oak without being blunted. In Savage's ance throughout the breeding season, •it be "close • is making progress. At the Cork and Kinsale the same port, and fitted with a poop for duty as a cated by the Ist division of the Tat Brigade, arrived attendance of ladies. service, and that shortly afterwards Mr. Bevan " Dictionary of the Art of Printing," published time" from the Ist of September to the Ist of Junction meeting ' • it was mentioned that the whole future flagship, has commenced masting, and will be at Gibraltar in the Megaera. The 2d West Riding of Yorkshire (Bradford) came to her cottage about 9at night, and ordered befor p , e the atent there Februar exce t for was a description of tin, y, p anglers, to whom a few weeks undertaking be shortlylead, and antimony being used for type metal,very later may be allowed, Artillery Volunteers assembled at their drill-room her to take in some clothed which were hanging outposed to issue 1,000 of the unallott dshares. The e ready for commission, much •in the proportions given in Mr. Johnson's are other abuses to be dealt with. w . The law die- Mid-Kent have declared a dividend at the f rate o The Pelican, 17, screw, on her second screw trial THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. on Saturday afternoon last, in full uniform, with in the drying ground. She replied that she would do so as fast as she could. The defendant said he 1 3 t tand ' treatise • . - aen , in a on English founding countenances monopoly, and holds with the natural 5 • side arms and carbines, by order of Lieutenant per cent. per annum, and Fleetwood, Preston, and foundries, published in 1778, a mixture of law of distribution, by which all, from source to and - West • • at the - measured mile at Portsmouth, realised a would have them brought in at once, and holding RIFLE ASSOCIATION FOR KENT. Riding ls. 9d. per share. The sales of speed, with the :common screw, of 11.665 knots. Clarke, commanding, and, preceded by the band, up his stick said "Don't force me to extremities- tin and lead was described as being less flexible sea, get their share of the produce of the waters; land of the Illinois Central •in the month of January On Saturday afternoon an influ en ti al public marched to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway I will make you go and bring them in." She said and more solid and durable than lead. The and, for the sake of the public interests, the law has The pitch of the screw was 14 feet 1 inch, with en-amounted to £36,000, against £B,OOO in January, meeting was held at the Corn-exchange Maidstone , , Station, Bradford, whence they escorted two 32- " No, sir, you will not." Afterwards the defendant French Encyclopedia also said that agreat uan- always set its face a ain g st artificial obstructions to 1860. The traffic receipts in that period were sines making a mean of 90:- revolutions, as cow- _ tit of tin was used in comb' t• g • .' for the purpose of establishing a rifle association pounder ordnance guns, furnished by the Govern- left. On a subsequent occasion he came with Mrs. ma ion wit lead the .ee the of the salmon ascending and de- £65,000, showing an increase over the p • revious pared with the Griffith's on her previous trial at aand t . B dh•h an =one , . eyon tis t e defendants had scending the rivers in obedience to their natural Good, who was to be her successor, and wished toyear of £28,000. The works on the Punjab and at for the county of Kent. Viscount Sydney, the meat for the use of the corps, to a new battery for many years used tin, and therefore the prin- instinct, and such an obstruction was pronounced pitch of 14 feet 5 inches, and engine revolutions show her over the house. Witness refused to per- Scinde are . reported by the last advices to be steadily lord-lieutenantof the county, presided. Among which had been prepared for their reception in ciple of the use of tin as provided for by Mr. by Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough 110; diameter of both screws the same. On themit the defendant to enter her bedroom, as she did a public approaching completion. more those present were the High S herif f' , Earl Amhers t, last trial, however,the Pelican drew 10 inches trial Earl Romney, Earl Darnley, Lord Harris, Vis- with a colour attached, ,was placed on a waggon. top ofthe •and the defendant took her by the stairs, water astern and two less ahead than on her drawn by three horses, and the route taken wasA great deal of evidence on both sides was laid -That all fixed engines on the estuaries and - count Holmesdale, M.P., Viscount Hardinge, the arms and threw her down the stairs. She broke her with the Griffith. through several of the main streets of the town, fall, and fell on her back, but he followed her and before the jury, and in the course of the evi- sea-coasts be suppressed by law ; they scare Miles Opened. Receipts. Colonel Commandin The contract-built screw steam gun vessel Steady, g the 2d Kent Rifles, the Mar which were crowded with spectators. On reaching the • th pushedher down the restof stairs. She was en dance for the defendants the jury stopped the case, away the fish when comin in shoals • g 'de the coal de t q 5, was towed on Saturday alongsi po . uis of Camden, Sir John Bli h Sir Edward Deer-g , the park the guns were placed in position andfired in the family way, which the defendant knew, and and a non-suit was entered. rivers ; they are ef modern invention or they would ---- -- ---_,- Jupiter, to complete with fuel, prior to her being ing, Sir Edmund Filmer, M.P., Sir Brook W. repeatedly. she sustained severe injuries. He said he would -_ they Ballymena and Port Rush .. 35 35 - - ' d and fitted for the port division of the steam Bridges, M.P., Lord Sondes, Mr. Beresford Hope, On Thursday the Gateshead Rifle Volunteers, not be beat by a woman. Her hands and mouth ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. are opposed to the whole aim and spirit of the Belfast and N. Counties.... 100 100 1,437 1,410 rigge and on Friday the South Shields Rifle Volunteers, MT., Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Mr. Deedes, bled and her body was bruised. On reaching the __________.-_____ fishing laws. That all fishing traps connected Belfast and County Down.. 21 21 537 551 ' underwent a most satisfactory inspection by Major Birkd , Lane., &Ches. June. - - _ - ordinary. theshe bottom of stairs locked the front door, and NORTHERN CIRCUIT, APPLEBY, FEB. 21. with mills, or placed in mill streams, be also Blyth • and Tyne 2O 13 1,203 1,094 The screw steam gun vessel Philomel, 5, made M.P., Col. Scott, Col. Brockman, Major Wykham, Harman,who at theconclusion of the • t - Bristol and Exeter 125 125 5,426 5,347 sa il on Saturday in Plymouth Sound, and proceeded Major Farnall, and others. Communications had highly complimented the corps on their soldierly Caledonian r the key. He succeeded in getting the key, and at this town yesterday. The commission was opened gation weirs (not combined with any trap for o kington 86 _ for her destination. been received from the following gentlemen, regret- appearance and upon their proficiency under arms. went out. She followed for the purpose of fetching by Mr. Justice Keating, taking fish), salmon ladders be put up as in Ire- SOct and n Ban d o n th4 ' NN ' ' 2O 20 321 285 Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Spitfire, from tin their inability to attend, but promising their The gallant Major urged the importance of a her husband, when he jammed the gate against her The assizes for Westmoreland were unusuall land, making the surplus water available for Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 181 174 - West Coast of Africa, having returned stores and support :-Earl Stanhope, Viscount Torrington, thorough knowledge of position drill. leg, and said he would not have such a wicked heavy. There were seven prisoners for trial, one Y enabling the fish to surmount the weirs. There is C and Youghal Cornwall 26 - 195 531 531 1,03.5 see The members of the Rifle Volunteer Corps raisedmore difficulty in the case of private fishing weirs Deeside l7 17 234 153 dismantled inWoolwich basin,was on Saturday paid Lord Kingsdown, Lord Falmouth, Sir J. Herschel!, Salo- at Queenshead, in the West Riding, were sworn woman on his premises, adding she was a low wo- charged with murder, one with an attempt to cow - Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,249 1,231 off. She was commissioned from that port in Oc- Sir T. Wilson, Sir John Lubbock, Alderman S . . in a few days ago. man, and must have come from St. Giles's or Bil- mit a rape, one with arson, one with bigamy, and or traps, because they are of great antiquity, re cognised by ancient grants, and referred to in Acts Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 Dub. Wcklow(in.Kingst ) 41 40 1 : 535 1 ' 532 tober, 1857, by Commander Campbell, who was mons, M.P., Sir P. H. Dyke, Major Robert- lingsgate. She had a black eye, and she suffered the rest with larceny and false pretences. There much internally. was no civil cause. of Parliament •; but as they are at present of little Dundalk and Enniskillen 1,5Y5 11,112 son, Capt. Harper, Col. Glossett, and Col. Thorold. vaslue, and belong mostly to men of wealth, intelli- Dundee Ar broath , 171 174 608 567 succeeded by Commander Chapman, both of whom THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY. On being cross-examined she denied having a bad Mr. Justice Keating took his seat on the bench Perth , & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1,112 925 The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting gence, and position, it is hoped that if they see East Anglian 10 676 676 983 934 have been appointed to the Coast Guard service on 4 , temper, observing, " but I'm an English woman, soon after 11 o'clock, and charged the grand jury. the north coast of Scotland and the South Sea. The was for the purpose of establishing in the county a Ths directors of this company have compiled a and I don't like to be put upon by anybody, big or The charge for murder by a woman of her ill,- other hindrances to the production of fish removed t.cor ur tte i :, a N n rf d k 6 tzE.Un' n gow ... 14 2 499 499 23,556 22,884 142 5,890 5,274 rifle association similar to those already established report to be presented to the shareholders at a little:' Lau hter Mr Bevan she said was • ' by law they will not allow any ,ilex,priv of theirs ( g ) public meeting be held London tostand way . of the general good, and, at all Forth &Cl Junction ... 30 30 228 222 toat the avern on lame, and had two wooden fingers. She did not and several of the other prisoners pleaded Guilty. Furness Y 3l 31 1,216 1,224 mend since 1859 only M F • Durrant and . r. Francis in other parts of the kingdom in connection with the 28th. They congratulate the shareholders that lay hold of his hat, but kicked it out, and he „flung . Thos. Stewart, a railway navvy, was charged events, these weirs should be placed under such GI c , & south-western as„ow 1831 lwa .--. 7,324 6,496 the National Rifle Association. The object was to Mr. Richards, mate and masters assistant, weretrial trip New Y ork made loss of ' the as may guard against Great Northern 283 283 25,111 24,531 "st in giving permanence to Volunteer Corps assist g g pabuses in the management of them, and against Great North of Scotland also promoted, the former to the gunnery-ship Ex-only X 344 odd, and then continue as follows :- said, " You have come here for your own pleasure, railway navvy, with intent to commit a rape. rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 249 6,953 6, 811 established in the county and to promote rifle shoot- any further encroachment on the public rights ; and Great Western cellent at Portsmouth and the latter to the Brune, •As explained in the previous report of your and now you shall stop for mine," as she wanted The woman's evidence was contradicted by evi- 583 i 574 31362 32781 tender to the Arrogant, senior officer's ship, Corn- ing by assisting in providing ranges and by giving di rec t ors , it was their intention to have despatched to keep him till her husband came. She called dente for the prisoner, showing acts of undue in order to prevent the weirs being used so as to r ri vArr e s u s t ab as ef e d rn een June. 55 55 743 542 251 207 286, form, in violation of the intention ofthe law, an rites for competition. These prizes would he open the ship on a second voyage to New York on the him a good-for•nothing villain and a cowardly cur familiarity with him immediately after the time ' modore Edmonstone, on the Weat Coast of Africa. 1 3 absolute bar to the passage of the fish, the proprie- ho n n e sgr Leominster ~ Ki iv t 1: 14 175 164 t Two deaths only occurred during the term of her to all the Volunteers in the county, and prizes would 17th of October last, but after considering thenmeddle with a woman, and said he dared not when the assault was alleged to have been com tors should be required to leave what is called in Limerick and F lin • -- 241 188 127 quirements of the . Board of Trade for one voyge say anything but . to women and . boys. He called mitted • and the ur , Iy, on his lordship's suggestion, Ireland oynes 2 264 109 125 commission among the ship's company, and those also be given that should be open to all comers be only, and the very imperfect state of the decks laid her a liar, and said, " He, he! I can laugh at you stopped the case and Acquitted the prisoner. a "Queen ' s gap," or "Queen's share ;" Llanelly 4 4 396 444 took place on board the Surprise, belonging to longing to or residing in the county, whether down by Mr. J. Scott Russell under his contract, now." The witness, in conclusion, admitted that she Mr. Bell appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. that is, an opening sufficient to allow the passage Len d ®n & North-Western . 9666 966 , 73,182 71,642 the prize crew in command of Second-master belonging to the Volunteers or not. your directors, with the advice and concurrence of might have said, "If you were a boy I'd dash your Fawcett for the prisoner. of some proportion of the fish to the upper waters, a l n i .4l r i k v o ß u laccvall h- estern 5 1 DI 1,368 1,322 , 14,402 12,581 William Long, while awaiting a passage. With Sir J. BLIGH said we need not fear that we should some of the largest proprietors, whom they invited brains out," but denied that she was very violent. Isabella Joel, a servant girl, 14, was indicted for as the Irish Acts require. Further, it is recom with the same object, that there be a Lend. Brighton, &S. Coast. 22 Londo Chatham, & Dover 56 2236 12,121 0.908 196 754 222 the above-named exceptions the health of the ship be disgraced by the presence of a foreign enemy to confer with them on the subject, abandoned that (Laughter.) On being re-examined, she said that maliciously and feloniously setting fire to some hay mended, . ~ weekly "close time, from Saturday evening to Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 173 40 905 991 173 i 10,823 10,525 has been very good. The Spitfire has succeeded in while we had 150,000 men to beat them back. He intention. her father, who was 71 years of age, lived with her, in farm premises, the property of Mr. Longrigge' Monday morning, during the open season. The Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham' 9 91 977 854 Your directors then reduced the staff and all other and she took care of him. The on leaving at Great with intent to set fire to Strickland, some Maryport and Carlisle capturing two slavers, one loaded with a human concluded by moving-" That a county organsation muchpossible, dproceeded • hthe box, into hysterics witne ss, taken farm buildings, expenses as as an with went - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 614 cargo, and the second proceeding to ship her cargo. for the purpose of promoting the practice of rifle the alterations and repairs. The bearing of the out of court. After the occurrence detailed above, Mr. C. Foster appeared for the • Monkland 4,155 3,80& The Navy Estimates for 1861-2 contain no pro- shooting would greatly tend to the encouragement screw shaft was far the most serious task. By very Mr. Levy was employed to write to Mr. Bevan for Mr. Scott for the defence. whether a new board or an existing department, Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 511 56 1,651 1,180 4 4 2,201 2,261 be empowered to assist and control the local admi- Newcastle and Carlisle vision for the outfit of the sailing frigate Eurydice, and furtherance of the Volunteer movement in the skilful arrangements the necessity of removing the compensation for the assault, and the reply received It appeared that the prosecutor is a yeoman HY- • • 7 8 3,410 3,172 North British (incl. Selkirk nistration of the fisheries, which might be carried county of Kent, including the Cinque Ports within shaft from the ship was overcome, and the work was in the following terms :- ing on his own farm at Great Strickland, and that and Glh' 1 •aasie s) at Portsmouth, as a seagoing cadet training-shipon by means of elected boards of conservators, the 5,772 5,330 the county, and that an association be therefore has made such progress as to leave . no reasonable . . " Mr. Bevanpresents his compliments to Mr. he had hired the • . prisoner as his farm servant at last • - North Devon, 35 35 403 387 and tender to the Britannia. It must therefore be doubt of its satisfactory completion, together with Levy, and in answer to his courteous communica- Martinmas Penrith" statutes." She didnot perform funds be • requisite to raised by a rate on private Ulißedale,kLeyDrn) 764 764 35,931 33,197 presumed that the Admiralty has again changed its formed under the designation of the Kent Volun t efeed pumps to the paddle boilers, recommended tion begs to say he should be glad to postpone till her work in a satisfactory manner, and was fro- fisheries and a license duty on engines of all kinds, Lon don North Staffordshire 9 9 2,308 2,306. 246 23.3 7,90 3 7 , 669 , tear Association." with perhaps, at first, some aid from local subscrip- Oswestry and Newton 2O - mind on this subject, and that the proposed "sea- by the Board of Trade, in the ensuing month. after the hunting season the censideration of the quently scolded by both her master iind mistress, 336 _ training" of naval cadets, concerning which so much The HIGH SHERIFF seconded the resolution, Th e ma i n d e ck has been sheathed with lt-inch matter of Mrs. Holton's charge of brutal and savage and she disliked having to fodder the cattle, as she tions. The expense of the salmon ladders might be Rhymney . 191 19} St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 685 541 30 2,099 is .7, has been said and written, will still remain a ques- which was carried. boards over a layer of tarred patent felt, thus form- attack, and then to take Mr. Levy's opinion on the said they kicked at her. On Nov. 29th the prose- defraed from this fund where the weirs are of Scottish Central above 20 years' standing. The central authority SttisNortp-Zastern ii ll5 115 3 , 700 3 7 tion for the future. Earl DARNLEY- moved the next resolution :- ing a double deck. Your directors b e li eve th a t b y su bject. Mr. Bevan baguet set up an attorney at pre- cutor had some hay in his barn set fire to. The fire ,6 0 m . ight have some discretion to deal with the sub- Shrewsbu ry Shrewsbi and Ch eate r - these means the deck (hitherto a cons t an t source of sen t-in short, he cant afford to keep one, but will be was fortunately soon extinguished, and the prisoner A naval court martial assembled on Saturday on " That this meeting being convinced of the import- and annoyance) will be watertight, and the happy to receive anything from Mr. Levy per- at that time suspected of having been the cause of ject of poisoning by water from lead mines; at Shrewsbury & Hereford ... 51 51 '- 1,921 1,715 board the line-of-battle ship Formidable, 84, in the ante of such an association considers it entitled to injury • h hlremoved. sonally. Mr. Be 'engagements taking him it. A witness named Psaid • inconvenience t oroug y - , least so far as to require in the case of new mines Shropshire Union South Devon 72 723 808 715 he support of all Medway, for the trial of Mr. Wm. Grunsell, third- tthose who desire the permanence The saloon and cargo decks have been caulked, much from home, begs to say he may be found at the hearing of the prisoner, while talking about it, the . t off oe made to neutralize or mitigate h t_e South-Eastern 266 „,. . 2,756 2,675 ',06 m chief b the a lication of mechanical means South Wales l7l} 15,448 14 983 class carpenter serving on board the iron screw of the Volunteer movement." and many other minor but important works are in two places where the hounds meet, and as a friendly that it was a fortunate thing the fire had not takenmischief Y: . PP • s . The commissioners are convinced that the sal- s Yorkshire and River Dun 118 [ 1711 6,725 6 : 620 118 3,464 3,066 hint advises any one wishing to hold communica- place near the " fodder gang," at the other end of tockton and Darlington .12 119 steam storeship Supply, 2, at Woolwich, on the Mr. KereecHeuee, in seconding the motion, said progress. mon fisheries are capable, under judicious manage- Taff Vale v.. 51 6,973 7,167 question of future employment for your ship tion with him on those to come well mount©d the premises, as then© were two " mows" of hay The . . Ulster ment, of supplying no inconsiderable amount 51 1,751 1,591 following charge :-" For that be, the said Mr. Wm. he hoped the association would receive the cordial o fsomething that days high. Levy will it • has received the most serious consideration your on can jump Mr. there, and would have been more difficult to put Ulverstone an - ancaster Grunsell, being in actual service and full pay in her support of every cue in the county. directors. The want of public confidence in the understand this, no doubt.' it out. On Dec. Bth, only nine-days after this, a fire of valuable food for the consumption of Vale of Cl dl ' wyrl 10 10 the people. That the improvement of these fisheries Vale of Ntlith 136 101 35 Majesty's fleet, of and belonging to the storeship The resolution was then carried unanimously. ship has hitherto baffled your di re ct ors i n th e i r other witnesses were called in support of the was discovered between 7 and 8 o clock at night at is a matter which concerns the public at large far WaWriord and Kilkenny.. 31 35 1,704 1,342 31 219 350 Supply, did absent himself from the said ship with- laintiff's case, including the Mr. DEEDES, M.P., said the committee had drawn endeavours to obtain sufficient passengers and le more than • that W any individualproprietor, but v aterford an West Cornwall and Limerick .. • 77 2 7 7 7 4 1,195 1,074 rate the ro rietors The ho e much laughter b sa in in answer to a uestmn mows of h up the rules with great care, but they would be most freight to remune .p p . . y p . yy g, q . , ay, which were on fire. Within half an any sacrifices required at the outset from indivi- W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail. E 4 vie 684 645 out leave from the forenoon of the 1 Ith Dec., 1860, that the voYage to America has in a great degree he did not know whether his wife had chapped lips hour before this discovery the prisoner was seen to West Midland. .. - 4,227 3,836 11 158 6,639 6,249 until the 2d of Jan., 1861." On the charge being happy to receive any suggestions that might im - leave thekitchen an go into the was ouse with the d• t The because he feltthem. removed impe imen . passengers unani- neverduals will be found to be more apparent than real , W'haven,Cleator o irEgrmnt. 7 rove them. He concluded by moving-"Thatd to be amply an compensated by the result in the 376 369 Whitehaven Junction l2 read over to the prisoner, he pleaded guilty, and Pmously expressed their apreciation of the ease Mr. Hawkins, who made an amusing speech for a lighted candle, closing the door after her, which l2 651 649 the rules be approved and adopted ; that and comfort they enjoyed, and the total absence of the defence, contended that Mr. Bevan had acted was not usually done. She returned to the kitchen course of a very few years. Every fact elicited Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 642 667 threw himself on the mercy of the court, at the daring the inquiry bears witness to th e the following gentlemen be members of the sea sickness, even to the most sensitive. Her ex- in the kindest manner to Mrs. Holton, having only and began cleaning shoes ; ten minutes afterwards tha t ' same time handing in a written statement to the an open river is the best for all, and a recur council for the present year, with power to cellence as a sea-boat has been proved, and netwith- endeavoured to make an inspection of his own house, her master discovered the barn on fire. She couldAustrianiintwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,062 779 effect that at the time of the occurrence he was rence to the ancient olic of this standing the inevitable di s advantages o f an ex _ an d when she resisted merely pushed her gently get easily from the barn to the washhouse. The fire . p y country, by the Belgian Eastern Junction B2B 67 3 31,457 24,630 prisoner,however, labouring under illness. The • complete their number : -Earl Amherst, Earl ' erimental voyage your directors can now place aside. With regard to the alleged injuries it was was got out about midnight, after do' ,E2O , fr ing worth ~ removal of obstructions, the sure and only road to Buffalo and Lake Huro n 124 24 228, 262 61 161 :1512 1,104 Darnley, Earl Romney, Viscount Hardinge, Vis- P . ' .the restoration of the fisheries. Demerara (fortnight) called no witnesses, nor handed in any certificates. They b •' ' f u ll r eliance on her steady speed. believe remarkable that the blow said to have been in icted of damage. TIT prisoner was again suspected, and_ count Holmesdale, M.P., Marquis of Camden, Sir Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 1,894 1,067 The court, after deliberating fo: a short time, son- that another successful voyage to America will on Thursday did not produce a black eye till the taken into custody, and then made a statement to Dutch Rhenish [homes Wilson, Sir John Bligh, Mr. Deedes, M.P. es tablish the desired confidence, and that she may Sunday following. When she went to the doctor the policeman that "if he would go for her master RAILWAY 14 7 TELLIGENCE. Eastern of France l OBl 1081 3,518 2,874 1032 1006 46,281 42,612 tensed the prisoner to be dismissed her 'Majesty's Grand Trunk of Cana d a 970 970 * Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Mr Beresford Hope, then be profitably employed in any trade NA here he merely gave her a soothing draught, which was she would tell him all about it." She then made a 44. -9,677 10,833 Great Indian Peninsula.... 2971 245 service.put herself in 4,109 3,634 M.P., Colonel Scott, Colonel Gladdish, Major Far. her great capacity and power can be developed. necessary because she had The members for Harwich-Capt. Jervis, MX.,West ern of Canada 345 345 nall, Major Martin, Colonel Fletcher, Captain It is clear that by a computation of her speed now passion. After this affair the husband had a fine forgiveness if she would the truth, which ex- unimportant. At the meeting of the L g London and Lyons and Geneva 8,071 5,80 S 142 142 and the Hon. Col. Rowley, M.P.-have had an in- would accomplish baby Idt h• d • speak ' North-Western • established, she . wou . . a voyage to pro( uce o him, an it was outside the court eluded her statement from being given in evidence. 2 it was resolved to divide at therate Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 ' 284 4 ' 597 3 ' 985 It - terview with the First Lord of the Admira yin Groves, and Mr. Wells •; and that the following India or Australia within 40 days, upon a ratio of in long clothes and made no complaint. (Laughter.) She was then taken to the Shap police-st ttion, and of 5, T , per cent. per annum out of the available No rthern of Canada 94 1,047 '697 reference to the present state of that harbour. • T he gentlemen be trustees : Sir Brook W. Bridges, M.P., n co sumption of coals far below that of other steam- Could that have been the cast if she had been in- on being searched there by the woman searcher, a balance of X 691,505. In the past half-year the cost isTo c lit tri al o i tT r r u f r 620 620 48,663 41,607 44 Colonel Caton, and Mr. Hammond." Paris, tyons, & Mediterrn 879 8,1 4 576 652 sea has rapidly encroached north and south of ships. Your directors have, therefore, resolved jured in the way described ? As to the letter quantity of lucifer matches were found in her of maintenance of way and of locomotive power has Paris and Orleans 0 81,324 85,387 The motion was agreed to, Lanclguard Fort, while to the westward the sand a n d other resolutions upon despatching the ship to America early in written to Mr. Levy in answer to his application pockets, and she made a statement that she had been unusually heavy, the provision for renewal of Paris and Strasburg 922 922 51,263 41,791 has accumulated hundreds of yards in the direction in conformity with the object of the meeting having April next, and they hope that the receipts from for compensation Mr. Bevan thought the best way taken the candle into the byre, and gone up the road having increased from .£56,667 to 1:83,333. Royal Danish 69 - 69 497 eee of the entrance of the harbour. In 1848 the Ad- been adopted, the proceedings terminated. all sources will at least equal the expenditure, as was to deal with ' the matter in a jocular way, and fodder gang, and applied the candle to the hay till On the other hand, the balance paid to other corn- goaTtbhre A a u n e til a e n us e 6B 68 1,231 1,127 ;904 887 88.807 29,55. experience has proved that the working expenses it probably occurred to him that it would have been she saw it was in a " lowe," and then she left it. panies has been less, and there has been a saving in Southern of France miralty engineer recommended the erection of a - of the ship may be reduced to the ordinary charges a treat to have seen Levy in the hunting field on She did not know why she had done it and was the interest in borrowed money. Various im prove- y. Welland 777 773 22,625 16,083 25 - - breakwater to the east of Landguard Fort, which The match between 10 men of the E, or University - • • - • - .of merchant steamers, which reduction your three- horseback, and his little clerk riding on a smaller very sorry for it. 1' • • - - ' me h • meets have been introduced to facilitate traffic and West Flanders W. and N.W. f Era 75 75 942 114 France 742 730 35 College Company (West Middlesex Rifles) and 10 afford the public increased accommodation, The 'B66 33,113 • would protect the Ordnance lands and cause thetors are determined to effect. animal. It was not unlikely, however, that if For the defence it was suggested that the prisoner sands:to shift to the eastward ; but the recommen- members of the Harrow Rifles, took place at the The liabilities of the company are stated to be as they had gone upon such an expedition they would went to search for an apron she had lost, and that the report of the South-Eastern states that there has . ______, dation has hitherto not been acted upon. practice ground of the latter corps on Saturday last, follows : - never have heard of poor Levy again. (Laughter.) fire was accidentally and not wilfully caused, been an augmentation in the revenue of the past COUNTRY MARKET'. 0. ------ 0 -____ half-year of £l2 620 while the workin ex the competition being for a silver cup, value £lO, Amount awarded to Mr. J. S. Russell.... LlB,OOO 0 . Bevan, the defendant was aen called and His Lordshi ' phaving carefully summed up the . , , . g penses NORWIC-F u • 23 The followine. appointments were made on Satur- ~ ~„„ - , , eee „ „ do. claimed by Mr. R. S. Parry .... 5,876 6A in t he f his • ' • ' ' curse evidence said, when . he went to evidence, have increased by £22,703. The continental tree& ' i At this market t d y hat m ' ' nr,-,. :.,...............,-1 1,- a al, - 1- -- 1 - ----- -- _ .. - I ....,r1 1., -a - -1- , - - ° A - - _ a " Nv ,,. Vr.ts in moderate enta,lis - _ The members for Harwich—Capt. Jervis, M.P., and the Hon. 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 Landguard 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 Fi tzclarence to be Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Smart; and Richard Crosbie Massil has been nomi nated to a naval cadetship. 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 practice 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. Ditchfield, 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 Peto, M.P., for the purpose of forming another company in that neighbourhood in augmen tation of the Stoke Newington Rifle Volunteer Corps. The Reading Corps (the Ist Berks) 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 the corps object to a short a rifled carbine and GentlemenEufieli.,fl composingrifle tthey . practise firing on foot. O. M. Hutton has been should ad op t appointed lieutenant ; Captain Jarvis , cornet ; Mr. E. F. Broadbent, hon. surgeo n ; and Staff Sergeant Smith, of the North Lincoln Mili tia, has been chosen drill sergeant. The Earl of Hard wicke has declined t o accede to a request made to him to authorise the formation of a second company in connexion with the Ist Cambridgeshire Corps. There is soave 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 ting as many volunteers as possible on the ground. A rifle contest took place at Sneyd-park practice ground, near Bristol, on Friday afternoon, between 111 members of No. 4 Company of the City of Brio- 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 . 6,819 010 do. „ „ sundry persons 1,120 9 7 £31,815 16 . 9 The report to the directors of Mr. Bret:eton, the engineer, is subjoined, and is highly satisfactory. EXTRAORDINARY CASE 01 BREACH OF _PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. 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, 1810, in presence of a nephew and others, an offer and acceptance of mar riage were concluded between them, in consequence 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 church, 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, 1860.—1, Andrew Tnrnbull, 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 defend 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. 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 censideration 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. Mr. 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 because 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 positio n th a t h e was regularly 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 I 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 him 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- examiaation 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. He never compensated their friends. He only gave them that which they afterwards thanked him for —wholesome chastisement. He 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 Thursdayishe showed him a mark on the back of her hand and on her elbow ; he 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 inju ries than those be had mentioned. The learned Judge having briefly summed up the case, The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy on account of her youth. Mis 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 done 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 he would pass on her the lenient sentence that she be imprisoned, with hard labour, for three calendar months. This terminated the assizes. The railway proceedings of the week have been unimportant. At the meeting of the London and North-Western it was resolved to divide at therate 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 money. 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 traffts 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 an 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 Companie s 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. Owing 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 pc r 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 goods having taken longer in construction than bad been 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 balance 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 Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 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 61 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 1559, but larger than in 1858. At the Great Western and Brentford meetin g 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 down of the narrow gauge from Reading to Brentford and Paddington. The report of the Vale of Neath states that there has been an increase in the last six months of £1,450 in the receipts and a decrease of £2,221 in the working expens es . A dividend at the rate of 24 per cent, per annum is recommended. At the Victoria Station a d Pimlico meeting it vvas 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 3d 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 dividends at the rate of 7 per eeat, per annum, The railway is e) The jury retired, and on returning into court gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages one farthing. NORWICH—Fmts, 23. At this market to-day wheat wu s in moderate supply, and last week's rates receded 18 to 2s per quarter. Bar ley in better supply, and It'cices unchanged. Flour WAX at late quotations White wheat 64s to 66s I Red wheat ........ 66s to 61s Malting barley 45 s t o 47s IChevalier barley...4ls to 44* Distilling do 31s t o 34 s I O ats.. 26s to 30s Flour, 4ls to —s Od per sack from the miller. OXFORD--FEE. 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. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. LONDON WELLS.—I observe in ar 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 London 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-street. In those days of public drink ing fountains it would afford an inexhau s tibl e supp l y o f pure water; and an appropriate architectural structure erected over it would be an ornament to th a t f requente d locality, and the associations connected with it would gratify liberal and classical taste. 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Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly fake. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re. gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbk, 60, Gracechureh-street ; 4, Cheapside; 63 and 150, Ox bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King 'William-street City at 127 High Holborn; and all grocers THE PATENT TYPE FOUNDING COMPANY V. RICHARD AND ANOTHER-ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT. This was an action to r ecover damages upon the ground that the d e f en d an ts had infringed a patent for an improved manufacture of type. Mr.. Lush, Mr. Hindmarch, and Mr. Gates ap 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 w as taken out in 1854, by Mr. Johnson, and this patent was now vested in the plaintiffs. The defendants, Messrs. 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 sevfnty -five per cent. of lead. Various attempts had been made to harden type metal, some persons using copper and others zinc, and in the exhibition of 1851 there was shown a French i nvent i o n for making type out of copper wire by p ressure w ithout fusion. It turned out, however, th a t copper would not stand wash ing, and the invention, therefore, became useless. Mr. Johnson h a d b een eng aged 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 chemi ca ll y t h at a l a rger propdPtion of a soft metal sho u ld ma k e t h e compound harder ; but Mr. Johnson found that by using a large pro portion of tits h e cou ld m ake a metal that would fuse readily, cool quickly, and come out so ,1 hard that you could use the metal as a punch LEICESTER—FEB. 23. The supply of wheat to-day was moderate, and pricesas 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 345; malting, 37s to 43s per qr.; oats, 24s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 66s to 58s, new, 38s to 40s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 50s I Seconds, 47s I Thirds, 45s per 20 stone. 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 t 3 grey hair, and also in removing the agony of tic doloreux and nerveus headache. N.B.—Coun terfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Baskighall-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gt avate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis• appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and the% will receive gratis and free by post the " INVALIDS' OW; UIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex fonse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lunge, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints us , epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitatiot. cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, na e dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions t h a y t s i o t e n r , a i neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness , acidity , palpi despondency, cramps, spasms, sinking, fits, bronchitis . — " U n q uestionabl y the safest (kid • to health." heartburn, headache, 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 26s White do .58s to 64s 1 B eans 48s to 5612 Barley .38 s t o 42s 1 Peas Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye. 378 per qr , 4 .; ..fl — o floor r t o — 8 : to bOs per sack. STAMFORD—FEB. 23. A small supply of wheat at market yesterday, which sold at last week's prices. Wheat .... 58s to 63s I Orats.. 24s to 305 White do ..60 s to 66s 1 13eans .. 429 to 44s Barley ..... ..36s to 44s i Ditto, old ........ 68s to 60s ...--......_ [ADvEnTlsEMsNT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— A cure for abscesses, piles, fistulas, and sores. 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 prae tice ; and in many i ns t ances w h ere th e su ff erer was con sidered incurable Holloway's Ointment, in conjunction with his P,lls, healed the most desperate wounds. The.V are unequalled for the cure of scrofula and diseases cf the skin. In all skin affections incident to children, from the simple red gum to the complicated scorbutic disease, Hol loway's Ointment e xe r c i ses a remar k a bly beneficial . ence, cooling the inflammation, relieving irritation, and giving ease to the impatient little sufferezi 211 E 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 Duke of Cambridge, announcing that his Royal Highness, having had under his consi deration the reports of commanding officers on the benefits derived by the soldiers from a knowledge of the bayonet exercise, as taught by the late Mr. Angelo, is 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. Deputy-Assistant -Commissary-General Tubby has assumed the direction of the commissariat department at the camp at Colchester, vice Deputy- Assistant-Commissary-General Ward, who will enter on the 4uties 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-commissioned 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 Sergeant-Instructor of the 15th (Bourne) Lincoln shire Volunteers. It is reported ttt Devonport that the military guard doing duty in the dockyard is to be abolished as unnecessary. The System of marching a strong guard into Portsmouth Dockyard, and posting sentries day and night in different parts of the yard, has been abo ished, and for the future the presence of the mili bry in the dockyard will only be required during the hours convict labour is employed. For this pur pose a picket, consisting of 1 captain,l subaltern, l Tye rgeant, 2 corporals, and 30 privates will be fur visited from the troops in garrison, and march in to the dockyard guardroom, wh ere t h ey will be held in readiness in the event of their services being re quired. The only sentries posted will be one at the Admiralty-house and one in front of the main guardro-za. The same regulations will apply to the gunboat yard and shipway at Haslar. These changes consequent upon the new police arrangement s . are c The Government authorities have given the ne. T.l-1B m.4ILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) • . .. Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verds Mar. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. .. Feb. —• Cuba and Mexico .. Feb. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'der r y) .. 0 verdue. Cape of Good Hope, &c. March 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Mar. 6. Do (via. Marseilles) Feb. 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Feb. 25. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &0.. (via Southampton) Feb. —. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Feb. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. Lisbon Feb. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Mar. 6. o. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 27. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. • • • • .. Mar. 1. United States, California, &c. • . .. F eb. 28. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Mar. 10. West Indies and PacificCarthagena, Cuba, &c. Feb. 28. BIRTHS. ASHLEY.—On the 22d inst., at 28, Ladbroke,square, Ken— sington-park W., the wife of Dr. Ashley, of a son. DOUGLAS. —On the 20th inst. at Donaghadee, co. Down, the wife of C ommander S. P. Douglas, R.N., of a son. RUCK.—On the 23d inst., at 6, Princes-street, Bank, the wife of Willi am Ruck,Esq., of Grocer's-hall, of a son. MARRIAGES. HARRIS— JENKYNS.—On the 21st inst., at St. JOhn'A. Lewishani High-road, Deptford, William Harris, Esq., of Walworth, to Kate Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Jenkins, surveyor, &c., Lewisham-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, Albany-street, Regent's-park. Is A 'l' 11 ATLAY.--On the 21st inst., at the Rectory, Bridge Caster-- ton, near Stamford, the Rev. Henry Atl ay , M . A ., aged 75. BRAYBROOKE.—On the 221 inst., at Audley End, Baron Braybrooke, aged 40. CHAPMAN.—On the 21st inst.t at the Vicarage, Basing- M. bourne, Cambridgeshire, th e i tev. Wm. H. Chapman, A., aged 53. THomrsoN. m —A soot 72, Bulsov er - street, Portland-place, W. of Witha m and Kmmethorpe,York- UTLAY.—On the 2 0th. Inst., at G rove C o tt age, Hackney road, Capte!in John. Taylor Utley, R.N., age d 75. sHhirTe, agedo 77. , Esq.; LoNooN : Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE Sox Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Count/ of Middlesex, Monday, February 25, 1861.