The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-15 00:00:00

211 E NAVY. The Barraeouta, 6, paddle, Commander W. Wood, having adjusted compasses, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, preparatory to sailing for the West Indies. Lieut. V. Williams has been transferred from her Majesty's ship Ariadne to her Majesty's ship Barracouta. Capt. C. Menzies and First Lieut. Davis, with a detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry, em bark to-morrow from the Portsmouth division on board her Majesty's ship Victory, relieving Captain Searle and Lieut. Brutton, with their detachment, whose term of service of three years afloat has expired. The dockyard lighter Deven, T. Jennings master, from Chatham, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. A division of the Channel squadron, supposed to be from Portsmouth for Lisbon, was passed on Sunday night off Start Point. The general or continuous service men belonging to the screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Capt, H. Lacon, at Plymouth, were paid up yesterday, and obtained leave of absence. They are at liberty to join any other ship in her Majesty's navy. The invalids from the Pacific brought to Plymouth on Sunday by the Satellite were removed yesterday by the steam-tug Zephyr, J. Bond master. The naval invalids were transferred to the flag-ship Impregnable, in Hamoaze; the military landed at Mount Wise. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Alex. Wm. Buist, chief engi neer, to the Trident ; George K. Keeton, chief engi geer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Goliath; Henry Thornton, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Trident; George Blundel, second-class assis tant-engineer, to the Excellent, for service in the Stork; James G. Hill, second-class assistant-engi ncer, to the Russell, for service in the Hind; Henry Ben bow, acting second-class assistant- engineer, to the Cornwallis; James A. France, third-class assis tant-engineer, to the Trident ; Thomas Hatton and Alex. N. Miller, acting third-class assistant-engi neers, to the Trident ; and Vim. J. Baird, surgeon additional, to the Victory. TIIE ARMY. Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the forces in the Chatham district, has issued a memorandum to the troops under his command, inviting them to contribute towards relieving the great amount of distress which now exists throughout the country. In the order issued on the subject the Major-Gen. announces that, " should any officer, non-commis sioned officer, or soldier (or any of their families) in the district be disposed to contribute anything, however trifling, to the relief of the great distress now prevailing among the poor, almost everywhere, but especially in certain places, every facility will be afforded them for having their charitable inten tions carried out, and a committee shall be appointed to have the money appropriated according to the wishes of the contributors. The donation of even one penny from each individual would amount to a sum that would be very acceptable. The poor of the place, of course, have some claim upon us, but the most painful kind of distress seems to exist in London and in Coventry, and whichever these places, or othe*place, any one may wish to assist, his donation shall be sent to it." The appeal of the Major-Gen. has been warmly received, and a rather considerable sum has already been subscribed. The new mess-room which has been some time in progress at Fort Pitt, Chatham, for the use of the officers and students attached to the army medical school recently formed at that establishment, having been completed by Mr :Stump, the Govern ment contractor, was yesterday handed over to Col. Twiss, the commanding Royal Engineer of the district. The new mess-room is an exceedingly commodious building, 80 feet in length, and affords dining accommodation for considerably more than the number of officers usually attached to the medi cal Staff at headquarters. It will occasionally be used for other purposes besides those of a mess room, the new building having been constructed with a due regard to all the improvements effected in erections of that kind. Capt: W. D. Marsh, R.E., who has been appointed surveying instructor at the Royal Engineer estab lishment, Chatham, during the temporary absence of Captain H. Y. D. Scott, on account of illness, has joined head-quarters at Brompton, and assumed the duties attached to his appointment. I ' Great complaints continue to be daily made of the new description of stove now being introduced into the various barrack-rooms of soldiers' quarters. A less consumption of fuel, with a more equable and pure temperature, is stated to be the object sought to be gained. The results are, however, stated to be that very little fire can be seen in the daytime, while at night the men are frozen in their beds by the rush of cold air up the shaft. So serious has this become that one medical report sent in re commends that this shaft should be closed during he night, and that the men should also be supplied with an extra blanket each during the present cold weather. TEE VOLUNTEER 110 VEMENT. The members of the London Scottish Regiment mustered on Saturday evening in great strength in Westminster-hall, for the purpose of being officially inspected by their Lieutenant-Colonel, Lord Elcho, M.P., with a view of testing the efficiency of the corps after the six drills which the respective com panies have gone through since the last general muster in November. The parade was fixed for 7 o'clock, and at that hour there were eight compa nies assembled, each being very strong, and the hall was well filled with the general public, in cluding many representatives of both sexes of the most influential Scottish families in London. The whole arrangements, of course, were under the superintendence of Lord Elcho, the Lieutenant- Colonel of the regiment, and the muster consisted of the Ist (kilted) Company, under Captain MiKenzie and Lieutenant Forrest; the 2d (or City) Company, under Lieutenant Pendar (in room of Captain Riacb, deceased); the 3d (or North) Company, under Captain Conway ; the 4th (or Cen tral) Company, un d er Captain Macgregor, the act ing adjutant; the sth (or South) Company, under Captain Carlisle; and the 6th (or West) Company, under Captain the Marquis of Abercorn. There were also two good companies of recruits, under charge of non-commissioned officers of the Scots Fusileer Guards. The inspection by the noble lord, which lasted upwards of two hour s , cons i sted of a most minute examination of the arms, clothing, and accoutrements of the men, and the result especially with regard to the arms, was most satisfactory, showing that the recent order from the War office as to the attention which Volunteers should pay to the cleanliness of their rifles had been in this, as in the other crack corps of the metropolis, well minded and appreciated. The whole of the companies hay sing been inspected, they were respectively put through the manual and preliminary company practice, after which, at the command of the Lieu tenant-Colonel, the regiment was formed into square " four deep" on the Ist Company. The order having been given to " face inwards," Lord Elcho addressed the men at great length. He said they were aware that they had been called together by general muster that e ven i ng f or th e p urpose ofhav ing their arms and clothing inspected, and he had personally to thank them for the readiness with which they had come forward, for the attendance was most creditable to them. There were 530 pre sent, of which 476 were effectives, and the remainder commissioned and non-commissioned officers. At present there were 884 names on the books of the corps, but, as some had put down their names and never attended, they might reckon the strength to I be 800; and to have from that number a muster of 530 was, to his mind, very satisfactory to the Lon don Scottish. He was very happy also to say that the attendance at the six drills since the last mus ter had been very large and highly satisfactory. With regard to their rifles, he had inspected every arm, aid only in a few cases had he seen the rag, after being passed down the barrel, to be a little black, and in one or two cases the gentle- Men had said they had not touched them since they left the armoury. (Laughter.) His lordship THE COSSACK. then read a satisfactory report from Mr. Lumsden 1 as to the state of the clothing, and next explained ♦what arrangements had been made wi , , reference to the future drills, t.nd further state that regu lations were being made for the shoo ng for prizes in the spring. Lord Eleho having luded in feel ing terms to the death of Captai•; Riach, and an nounced that Captain Macgregor would have command of the new Highland (kilted) company, concluded by expressing his satisfaction at the result of the inspection. Some regimental orders having been read, the companies were re-formed, and the men dismissed at a late hour of the evening. Through the kind permission of Mr. Gye, the 3d City of London Rifle Corps, which now bas nearly 1,600 enrolled members, muster every Wed nesday evening, at a quarter to eight o'clock, in the Floral Hall, for drill, under Colonel Sir W. De Bathe, :Major Richards, and the Adjutant. The Metropolitan Rifle Volunteers mustered in the Working Men's College, Euston-road, on Saturday evening, at seven o'clock, and at half past seven, preceded by its excellent brass and drum and fife bands, marched out, proceeding along Tottenham-court-road to Charing-cross, and thence to Westminster-hall, where they were dismissed for 10 minutes to partake of refreshment. Having again formed into marching order they crossed over Westminster-bridge to Westminster road, and returned to head-quarters by way of Waterloo-bridge. This corps has attained to a great degree of efficiency and is 700 strong. The cadets attached to the corps are respectable youths between the ages of 12 and 16, and number very nearly 200. Lord Elcho is the commandant. The 19th Middlesex (Working Men's College)Rifle Volunteers met at their head-quarters, Queen square, for the first time since the Christmas holy days, on Saturday, and headed by theircadet band, marched to their drill ground, University College, Gower-street, where, after going through a variety of evolutions, they formed square on the leading company, and were addressed by their commander, Captain Hughes, who said he thought it now quite time they should elect their field-officerg. After giving a brief account of Colonel Bathurst's experi ence in Canada and the Crimea, Captain Hughes proposed him as a fit and proper person to be their Lieutenant-Colonel. It was also proposed that Cap tain Hughes should be Major, and that Adjutant Reed (to whose energy the present highly efficient state of the corps is attributable) should have a captain's commission. The three names being put to the vote, were carried unanimously, amid vocifer ous cheering. The 38th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteers contended on Wednesday, the 9th inst., at 200 and 300 yards for some of the prizes presented to them. The competition was open to all members who had passed through the preliminary course of musketry instruction, and, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was a good attendance. The first prize, a Hay rifle, the gift of some of the musical members and friends of the corps, was won by Cap ' tain Lewis, musketry Instructor; the second a silver medal, presented by Mr. Joseph Wyon, the celebrated medallist, was won by Ensign Gale; the third, a short Enfield and sword bayonet, given to the sergeants by Lieutenant Palmer, was won by Sergeant Earles. The other prizes for long ranges will be shot for after the conclusion of the regular annual course. On Friday last the 2d London (Spottiswoode's) Company of Volunteers assembled at head-quarters and marched, preceded by the splendid band of the corps, under the command of Captain George Spottiswoode, to Westminster Abbey, where they attended the morning Divine service. The attendance of the corps, owing to the sudden change in the weather, was not numerous. The Armstrong (No. 10) Company of Robin Hood Riles, composed entirely of artisans, took the oath of allegiance on Friday evening, the 11th inst. At half-past 7 the members mustered at the Great Northern station, Nottingham, in full dress, and after going through a few preliminary movements marched to the Mechanics' Hall, headed by the band of the regiment, and also a drum and fife band. Mr. Vickers (magistrate) administered the oath, which occupied more than an hour, after which the company marched into the Market-place and were dismissed, the regimental band playing the national anthem. On Sunday last, the 6th inst., the Ist Pembroke shire Volunteer Artillery marched to Trinity church, the day being the anniversary of their for mation. In the course of the sermon the rector, the Rev. G. Clark, made some feeling and eulogistic remarks upon the movement generally, and with fervent emphasis bid the corps heartily welcome. On the Tuesday following the corps assembled in full numbers and marched through the town to the Castle-hill, where they were reviewed, and showed great efficiency in their various exercises, firing with very creditable precision some 1,200 rounds from their irified carbines, comprising file and volley firing by company, sub-divisions, and sec tions; and at 5 o'clock sat down to their first anni versary dinner at the Cobourg Hotel. This dinner is intended to be an annual affair, and also the church attendance in full uniform, with band, &c. The dinner on this occasion was the munificent gift of the worthy Captain, J. Maule Sutton. This corps numbers 50 efficient men, which, as the po , - pulation is but some 3,000, is very creditable to the town of Tenby. A court-martial assembled at Portsmouth yester day morning, on board H.M.S. Victory, for the trial of Captain Richard Moorman, commanding H.M.S. Cossack, by direction of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, on the following charges: "1. That Captain Richard Moorman did, on or about the 29th of April, 1860, behave in a cruel and oppressive manner to Isaiah Smith, musician to the said ship, in causing him to be lashed to the mizen stay from about 9 a.m. to after 8 p.m., and to be afterwards placed both legs in irons. " 2. That Captain Moorman did, or or about the 30th of April, 1860, behave in an oppressive and unofficerlike manner to Isaiah Smith, in causing him to go on the capstan, and in ordering him there to play the violin, after the said Isaiah Smith had objected to do so, alleging that his position there was dangerous, and in subsequently placing Smith in irons, and in keeping him on bread and water until the next morning. " 3. That the said Captain Moorman did, on or about the Ist of May, 1860, behave in an unofficer like manner by using threatening language towards Isaiah Smith, then disrated from musician to ordi nary seaman, by telling him on his applying for a court•martial that if he asked for that again he would give him three dozen." The court consisted of Captain Hon. J. Denman, president ; Captains R. Harris, S. Hewlett, C. 8., S. Wilson, R. Coote, and G. Hancock ; Mr. W. J. Hellyer officiated as Deputy Judge Advocate. After the reading of some formal documents wit nesses Were ordered out of court and called as required. Isaiah Smith, sworn and examined, deposed—l am a seaman belonging to her Majesty's ship Cos sack, at present under sentence of a court-martial for desertion from that ship. Was doing duty on board on or about the 29th of April last. On leaving Port Royal on the 26th of April last a friend sent me off a bunch of green bananas, and as I was doing duty in the boatswain's storeroom I took them down there and hung them on a hammock hook in the midship part of the storeroom until the lower deck was clear. Capt. Moorman, on coming round to me next morning, said to me, " Isaiah Smith, do you know it's against my orders that vegetables of any kind should be hung up here." I replied, " No, Sir, I never heard any word passed in the ship where the vegetables were to be placed." Capt. Moorman called the master-at-arms, and ordered me to take the vegetables on deck, and I did so. He then ordered some four-yarn spun yarn to be sent for to lash the vegetables round my neck, and then ordered me to mount on the capstan, which I respectfully refused, owing to the rating I then held as a petty officer, and also to the rolling of the ship. Capt. Moorman then ordered a burton to be sent down from the maintop , which was hooked on to a lashing made fast round me. I was then triced up and the hauling part was made fast to the main bitts. In this position I was kept from nine o'clock quarters in the morning until eight o'clock at night, and then ordered below by the master -at-arras, and placed both legs in irons on bread and water. The next morning I was had up on deck and triced up as on the previous day for a few hours, when the captain ordered me to be low- 1 ered, and directed me to stand up on the capstan, with the vegetables slung round my neck. About 11 o'clock Lieut. Barkley, the senior lieutenant, or dered me down, and told me to look in the bed of the capstan and take out the spare gun-locks, and then ordered the ship's corporal to put me aft,under charge of the lifebuoy sentry. About 12 o'clock the ship's corporal said, "Isaiah Smith, it's an order from the captain and first lieutenant that if you get on the capstan and stand there for one hour the captain will look over what has occurred." I then went and stood on the capstan for the hour, at the end of which the same corporal came and ordered me off. The same day an order was given to make sail. I went for my violin, and took up my station where I had always stood previously, abaft the cap stan. Capt. Moorman then ordered me on the cap stan to play the violin while the topsails were being hoisted. I respectfully refused, because I thought I should not be safe, the ship being at sea and rolling and the capstan having been oiled over. The cap tain then ordered me to be triced up, and a running bowline was ordered to be passed round my loins by Thomas Manning. Manning respectfully refused to do so. It was passed round me afterwards, and I was hoisted with my violin and bow in my hands, and the plantains around my neck. After a while I was lowered to the deck and ordered by the cap tain to stand one hour and sit one hour on the cap stan, the vegetables still round my neck. I was not to leave the capstan without an order from him. I remained there until 8 o'clock at night. I was then again put both legs in irons, the master-at-arms bringing me my allowance of bread and water. The next morning I was brought on deck by a file of marines. Captain Moorman then di sra t e d me from a musician to an ordinary seaman, and directed that my petty officer's badge should be cut off. Capt. Moorman then produced another warrant and degraded me from the first to the second class. I then said to Captain Moorman, "I thank you, Sir, if you would forward my request to the Admiralty for a court-martial on account of bad usage, cruelty, and ill-treatment on the ship's passage from Port Royal to Bermuda." The captain replied " Yes ; pretty fellow to ask me to forward you a court martial. If you ask me again for anything of that sort I'll give you three dozen. Boatswain, pipe down." The witness then went on to state that he had suffered considerably in person from the effects of the treatment on board the Cossack by Captain Moorman's orders when triced up by the burton, more especially to his collar-bone. The court was here cleared, and on its being re opened the president informed the witness that he could make any statement in connexion with the present charges, so far as affecting any personal injury he might have received, or as resulting from the treatment he had stated he had been subjected to by Captain Moorman's orders. By the President—His station in the ship when sail was being made, was abaft the capstan. The master-at-arms placed the lashing round his waist when hoisted up by the burton. When triced up hls regular meal was brought to him by his mess mates until night, when he was placed on bread and water. Had his breakfast and dinner regularly. Two nights had water and biscuit for tea, which was brought by the master-at-arms. On the first occasion of being slung a lashing of several parts of spun yarn was passed under the right arm and over the left shoulder. The burton hooked into this lashing, and the bunch of plantains was made fast to the end of the spun yarn. Was triced up over the capstan, and as the ship rolled his feet would sometimes touch the capstan. The ship was rolling heavily at the time. There was nothing to steady witness, and he remained so suspended until 8 o'clock at night. By the President—Do you mean to state that you were hanging in the state you have described the whole of this time ?—I was. Sometimes my feet would strike against the capstan, which would steady me partially. Was able to rest a great part of the day by my toes touching the capstan. By Captain Harris—Had salt beef and duff for dinner when suspended. Was then lowered suffi ciently for his feet to rest on the capstan while eating his dinner. Was not lowered on any other occasion. By Captain Hewlett—The tail-block of the bur ton was made fast to the mizenstay. While eating my dinner I slipped off the capstan two or three times in consequence of the ship's rolling, and my food, which fell down, was handed up again to me. Did not ask to be let down auy further that day. By Captain Wilson—The capstan was about 14 or 16 feet abaft the main bitts. The mizenstay is a good height from the capstan head, about double the height of the deck over the court room. Swung about with the roll of the ship the whole of the time he was suspended, except when getting his dinner. By Captain Coote—The ship was under steam and sail. Had seen the ship's steward's assistant, ou one occasion on the capstan, with the grog mea sures slung round his neck. Believed he was placed there for punishment. - (This question was afterwards struck out by the Court.) By Captain Hancock—Captain Moorman had never found fault with me for placing anything in tie storeroom before. The captain held no conver sation or argument with me on the quarter-deck previous to ordering me to be triced up by the burton. Respectfully refused to go on the capstan in obedience to the captain's orders, thinking the position was not safe. When triced up, could not have stood on the capstan had I chosen to keep my legs straight. Had the ship been perfectly steady, or had she been in harbour, could not have stood on the capstan. By the President—The master-at-arms may be in the ship now for anything I know to the con trary. (Captain Moorman here stated that the master-at-arms was invalided.) The witness then stated the names of some of the crew who were best acquainted with what took place when he was triced up on deck and when he was in irons. By the Prisoner—Had never been admonished previously by the boatswain for having rotten vege tables in the storeroom nor for anything of the kind that I can recollect. Ate three of the bananas while on the capstan, and they were the only ones turned yellow. Did not get rid of the whole of them from the stalk. Had some boiled in the cop pers. On the occasion of your saying that you would give me three dozen you said "if I asked for aNA VA L CO UR T MARTIAL . I offence. court-martial." You said nothing about another By Captain Wilson—The ship's officers were present, and hands were at quarters when the pri soner said he would give me the three dozen. Geo. Gladstone, the boatswain's mate, and the captain of the afterguard were near enough to hear what was said. Also believed the surgeon, master, and mas ter's assistant were near enough to hear what passed, and also a gun's crew, one of whom only was left on board, named Bergent, all the remain der having run from the ship. The carpenter's yeoman was present in the storeroom when the ba nanas were found there, as also were Hamilton and Mr. Kirk, the boatswain of the ship. Mr. Kirk, being called and sworn, deposed—l am boatswain of her Majesty's ship Cossack. After the captain had inspected the upper deck on the 27th of April, at 9 o'clock in the morning," Hands make sail," was piped. Remained on deck and set the studding sails. Afterwards Captain Moorman sent for me and asked me if I had been in my store room that morning. I replied that I had not. The captain said he was sorry for it, as there was a bunch of bananas hanging in my storeroom con trary to his orders. I said that I had repeatedly given orders to the yeoman (the witness Smith) not to have fruit down there. Met Smith coming with the ship's corporal with the bananas, said nothing to him. About half an hour afterwards saw Smith on the capstan with the bananas in his hand. Saw no lashing whatever on Smith when he was standing on the capstan. On going on deck after dinner, at three bells, Smith was off the cap stan. Sent for him at one bell after 4, and told him to come to the storeroom to take his clothes out, another yeoman being appointed. He did not go in irons that night to my knowledge. Was present when the captain read the Articles of War to Isaiah Smith, and also the disrating warrant. Heard nothing further pass between Captain Moorman and Isaiah Smith. Had anything passed I must have heard it. It was a small bunch of bananas, about two dozen. They were just ripe. Had repeatedly ordered that no fruit should be placed in the storeroom. Those orders had been disobeyed about 30 times previously by Isaiah Smith. Can swear that Smith, when on the cap stan, had no lashing round him, nor was he slung. Saw him at 10 o'clock and at 12. No rope was nes.r him. The bananas were not tied to him. Saw them in Smith's hand when he was on the capstan. At 12 saw him with nothing but the stalk iu his hand. htDon'telhalf-past sz n te o on s u v s et whether Smith atyo ofonurt .haHid t da day must on the Smith m ust been have trs capstanseen from nd uhpi him. . When I saw Smith on the capstan he could stand without assistance. The ship was not rolling. When I saw Smith on the capstan I was going aft on the quarterdeck, and passed close to him. Am not positive whether the awning was spread at the time. The mizenstay is above the awning where it plums the capstanhead. Had the awning been spread Smith could not have been triced up to the mizenstay without making a hole through the awning. During the two days in question never saw Smith swinging about over the capstan, sus pended by a burton, or whip, from the mizenstay. The answers I have given to the questions put to me have reference to onurretices which took place within a few days of the dates which have been mentioned. During that time I neither saw Smith lashed, slung up, or in irons. 1 By the Prisoner—Smith was not on the capstan during the first dog watch. Do not know of his being put in irons. Do not know of Smith or any person having been at any time put on bread and water. The meal hours were regular on board. The two occasions on which I saw Smith on the capstan had reference to different hours on the same day. He was standing in an easy position. George Gladstone, next called and sworn, deposed —I am boatswain's mate on board her Majesty's ship Cossack, and was doing duty on board her the later end of April in last year. The witness at first, in answer to questions put to him, said he knew nothing of the present charges against Captain Moorman. In answer to further questions, how ever, the witness said he was not on deck when Smith was placed on the capstan. Saw him there afterwards with some bananas in his hand. He had then a rope fastened in a bowline round his waist, the rope being rove through a tail-block made fast on to the mizenstay. Did not know how long he remained there, nor whether he was afterwards placed in irons. The rope that was round Smith was not taut. Saw no spun yarn about him. When Smith was on the capstan the ship was rolling, but no more than is usual for a ship to do on a fine day at sea. Could have stood on the capstan at the time himself. Recollect Smith being disrated, but did not hear him ask the captain to apply for a court-martial on him. Might have been five or six fathoms from the captain at this time. Knew nothing of Smith's being placed both legs in irons. Was boatswain's mate of the watch from 4 to 6 p.m., and during that time did not see Smith on the capstan, but must have seen him had he been there. The awning was not spread. Smith, when on the capstan, stood in an easy position. By the Prisoner—Remembered nothing of Smith nor any on board being put on bread and water. The meal hours on board are observed with regu larity. Mr. C. Hohern, second master, sworn, deposed that on the 29th of April last he saw Isaiah Smith on the capstan, the ship at the time not rolling but going along very smoothly. A bowline was passed round Smith, which was connected with the mizen stay. He had some bananas in his hand when on the capstan. Was present on the quarter-deck when Smith was disrated, and heard him ask Captain Moorman distinctly for a court-martial, but did not so distinctly hear the captain's answer. The only words he heard from the captain were, "If you ask —." The remainder of the sentence he did not catch. To the best of his recollection the request for the court-martial was made in a respectful man ner. Was not certain as to the exact words Smith used to Captain Moorman when asking for a court martial, but believes they were, " Will you grant me a court-martial r' By the Prisoner—On the occasion of Smith's asking for a court-martial, I am prepared to say that the prisoner used the words "If you ask Smith, when I saw him on the capstan, was stand ing in an easy position, the rope's end being slack, and then could have been inflicting no pain on him. Bombardier Ashpole, R.M.A., deposed—l am serving on board her Majesty's ship Cossack. When Isaiah Smith was brought up from the store room on the first morning he was ordered by the first lieutenant to get on the capstan, but Smith said he could not. The first lieutenant then gave orders for a whip to be put on the mizenstay, which was done, and the marines of the watch were then ordered to trice Smith up. He was not triced up, but lifted up by the marines on to the capstan. A bowline knot was made in the end of the fall to steady him when on the capstan, the orders being that he was to stand upon the capstan one hour, and to sit down one hour alternately on the cap stan. The bananas were hung round the prisoner's neck by spun yarn by one of the corporals. After Smith had been placed on the capstan the burton fall was hauled taut to keep him steady on the top of the capstan. The ship was very steady. Smith was on the capstan one hour during the afternoon watch, but not afterwards on that day. Knew nothing of Smith being placed in irons. On the first day Smith was on the capstan about two hours and a half. The treatment he received did not ap pear to be in the least way cruel. Captain Moor man was walking the quarter-deck when the first lieutenant gave orders for the whip to be put round Smith. Did not think Isaiah Smith could have been two nights in irons without witness knowing it, Had the middle night-watch on the day in question. Had charge of Smith, and had to go down and see him when in irons. (The witness's attention was called to his former statement as to Smith not being in irons, when he said Smith was in irons on one of the nights, but not both, and could not say which it was.) By the Prisoner—Could not swear on what night Smith was placed in irons. No such punish ment as bread and water had been inflicted on Smith, or on any man on board the Cossack since her commission. It any person had been so dieted I think I should have known it through my duty as ship's corporal. Smith was allowed one hour and a quarter to his dinner, the same as the rest of the ship's company. Sergeant William Horth, Royal Marine Light Infantry, deposed—Was serving on board the C ‘ssack. This witness deposed to the generality of the facts as stated by the previous witness, with the addition that Captain Moorman ordered the bowline to be placed round Smith's waist, and that Smith was to remain on the capstan, standing and sitting alternately, until 8 p.m. on that day. On the following day, when the hands were turned up to exercise sails, Smith was not on deck. He was sent for, and ordered again on the capstan to play the violin as a punishment by the first lieutenant for not being at his station when the hands were turned up. Smith stated that he could not play his violin on the capstan. Smith's position on the capstan was not dangerous. When Captain Moorman told Smith he would forgive him if he got upon the capstan voluntarily for one hour, it was after Smith refused to do so. His manner was disrespectful. What was done with reference to placing him on the capstan ' with a rope round him was merely necess ar y t o compel obedience, and was not cruel or oppressive. Some time in the afternoon saw Smith dancing on the capstan. His demeanour was generally disre spectful while under this punishment. When he was ordered to play the violin on the capstan he refused, and was placed one leg in irons, but not put on bread and water. Thomas Manning, private, Royal Marines, was next sworn. He deposed to placing the rope round Smith's waist by orders of the non-commissioned officer of the watch, but did not know his name. Then went below. Saw Smith on the capstan, but could not tell what time in the day. (The witness was here sharply addressed by the President, and told to be careful in giving his answers. Nothing further was, however, elicited from him by the questions from the Court.) The examination of witnesses was proceeding when our despatch left. " THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1861 TILE WEATHER AND TILE PARKS. The frost having again set in with great severity, the ice upon the various ornamental waters in the different parks has again obtained not only that solidity it possessed last week but has now a much finer and smoother surface than it previously pos sessed ; in fact, it may be termed just the sort of ice to suit the experienced skater; the consequence was that many thousand persons, including ladies and gentlemen, members of the Skating Club and others of almost every grade. in society, streamed from an early hour in the morning until late at night to the different frozen waters. The original intention was to have had a grand monster fair upon the Serpentine in Hyde-park. This, to some extent was abandoned, owing to the ice not beinc , thought sufficiently strong, in consequence of the rapid thaw that lasted two days and nights, to bear with safety. Nevertheless, an immense number of amusement tents and marquees were pitched upon the ice, which were used for dancing. There were likewise a great number of refreshment tents for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, ham and beef, tea and coffee, and other articles of food. Upwards of 6,000 persons, many of whom were skaters, with lighted links, took up their positions at the east end, and formed themselves in procession, being headed by a brass band. After going through several feats of skating, they skated back to abo u t midway of the bridge leading to Albert-gate, and the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house, where the skaters took up their positions a la militaire— one side the attacking and the other the defensive party. A .sham fight, Carried on with fire-works of different descriptions, took place, the effect of which, as seen from the banks, was singular and striking. In the course of the evening, several accidents occurred, but none of them were of a fatal nature. _ _ _ The frost has returned with almost its former severity in the eastern counties, the thermometer having sunk several degrees below freezing point, with a pioreing easterly wind and snow. Up to last evening there was every prospect of its continuance. [ADVELTISEMENT.] Fills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the "INVALIDS'. 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Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the London Hospital. by Mr. John Humphreys, coroner for the Eastern Division of Middlesex, to ascertain the cause of the deaths of Johann Reicles, aged 30, and John Plumb, aged 22, two of the sufferers by the terrific boiler explosion which took place on Friday last on the premises of Messrs. John Craven and Co., sugar refiners, 3, Great Garden-street, Whitecb apel. Mr. Alfred Turner, solicitor of Great Alio street, \Vhitechapel, attended to watch the pro ceedings on the part of Messrs. Craven and Co. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the bodies, after which the coroner said that he only proposed to take the formal evidence of the identification of the bodies, and then adjourn to give the , jury an opportunity of viewing the pre mises and seeing a model of the boiler. Abbay Reichles, the wife of Johann Reichles, said her husband told her, on the Friday morning, after the accident at Messrs. Craven's, that the boiler man had sent him to the blacksmith's shop and sent another man to the boiler, who burst it. By Mr. Turner—Before my husband went to work at Messrs. Craven's he had been a stoker at Mr. Holmaer's. By the Coroner—My husband only went to work at Messrs. Graven's on the day before the accident. Robert Burns identified the body of Plumb, who had been at work for Messrs. Craven between eight and nine months. The inquiry was then adjourned. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COU.R2.—Tan. 14 OLD COURT. (Before 'Mr. - Justice Blackburn.) Thomas Chapman was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. Sergeant Ballantine was again specially retained for the prosecution,with Mr. Hill and Mr. Harrison; and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge appeared for the defence. This was another charge arising out of the leather frauds. The defendant, it will be remembered, was con victed on Wednesday, with Poole and Ventris, of con cealing the property belonging to the former, after his bankruptcy, with intent to defraud the creditors, and the present charge arose out of the same trans actions in connexion with the fraudulent bank ruptcy of the prisoner Poole, at Northampton. The defendant was examined as a witness in the Court of Bankruptcy before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, on the Bth November, and he then swore that no goods were removed to his knowledge from the warehouse of the bankrupt between the 15th and 20th of August, and although he admitted that a great number of trunks were taken to his house at Kingsthorpe, he swore that the transaction took place in June or July, and thatthey were so removed by the orders of Mr. Cooke, who he understood had purchased the goods from Mr. Poole. The evidence given in support of the charge was precisely the same as that which has already ap peared, the principal witnesses being the two men Beard and Woodford, who were in the serviee of the bankrupt, who swore to the property being I removed from the warehouse to the defendant's pre mises on the 16th and 18th of August, and that at 12 o'clock at night it was taken from the coach ; house, where it was originally placed, and put into a barn, defendant being present the whole time and sanctioning their proceedings. The evidence given by these witnesses was corroborated in several very important particulars, and there appeared to be no reason to doubt that they weregiving a true account of the transactions in which they had been engaged, or of the complicity of the defendant in the gross fraud contemplated by the bankrupt and his asso ciates upon his creditors. Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury at some length in behalf of his client, and he endeavoured to satisfy them that he had substantially spoken the truth in saying that the goods had been taken to his house, and that he might possibly have been mistaken with regard to the date of the transaction. Mr. Justice Blackburn having summed up, the jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and, after being absent nearly an hour, they returned into court, and found the defendant guilty. Shortly afterwards the whole of the prisoners— Lewis Robert Poole, Frederick Walter Ventris, Thomas Chapman, and William Billingham, were placed at the bar. A motion was then made in arrest on judgment on behalf of all the defendants, in support of which Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Metcalfe, and Mr. Poland severally addressed the Court at considerable length. The arguments were of a purely technical character, and would be quite uninteresting and indeed difficult to be understood by persons out of the legal profession, and it is therefore unnecessary to report them. Mr. Justice Blackburn, after listening attentively to the arguments of the learned gentlemen, said he should not arrest the judgment, or, as at present advised, reserve any points that had Seen raised for the consideration of the Court of Criminal Ap peal. If, however, upon further consideration he should think that there was anything in the tech nical objections that had been raised, the prisoners should have the benefit of them. The learned Judge then addressed the prisoners, and said that three of them—Poole, Ventris, and Chapman—had been originally convicted of felony, but he did not consider himself justified in acting upon that verdict without hearing more of the case, and therefore thought it right that the other charges should be inquired into, and the result had been that five different juries had found them all guilty, and he had no hesitation in expressing his opinion that the decision they had 'arrived at was the only one that could be come to upon the evi dence that had been laid before the Court, and that it was impossible to come to any other conclusion. A great many technical objections had been raised on their behalf by the ingenuity of their counsel, and they should have the benefit of them, if upon consideration they should be found in law to be available; but ,:he must say, at the same time, that he should be very sorry if such a result should be arrived at. In the meantime, and acting upon the belief that those objections were not sustainable, it was his duty to pass sentence upon them for the offences of which they had been convicted. It appeared to him that Poole was the principal delinquent. There could be no doubt• that he knew perfectly well that bank ruptcy was inevitable, and that while in this posi tion he deliberately set about removing his property with a view to defraud his creditors. This offence was regarded by the law as one of so serious a cha racter that it gave the power to pass a sentence of transportation for life. He should not go to that extent, but still he felt bound to regard the case as one of a very serious character. The offence was of that description that any one committing it must be perfectly well aware that he must necessarily add to it that of wilful and corrupt perjury, because he knew that he would be called upon to give an account of the manner in which his property had been disposed of in the Court of Bankruptcy, and that he must deliberately prepare to take a false oath. It was also necessary that he should not only wilfully commit perjury himself, but that he should induce others to assist him in committing the same offence, and he must confess that he was astonished at the amount of false evidence which the defendant had been able to procure, and at the readiness with which many others appeared inclined to commit the same offence. He hoped, however, that the re sult would be that all persons would know, that although false testimony might be obtained to an extent that he should hardly have credited to be possible in this country, it would not have the effect of defeating the law, and that those who were guilty of such proceedings subjected themselves to serious punishment. Under all the circumstances, so far as regarded the prisoner Poole, he felt it his duty to order him to be kept in penal servitude for the space of six years upon the indictment for felony, and ho should order the same sentence upon the conviction for perjury, so that if, as he before stated, it should turn out that any of the technical objections that had been raised were found to be available, he would not escape punishment unless it should appear that they applied equally to both charges. With regard to the prisoner Chapman, the observations he had made as to Poole equally , applied. There could be no doubt but he had com mitted perjury himself, and that he had endeavoured to induce others to commit the same offence. Still, however, he did not consider that he was guilty to so great an extent in the matter, and he should, therefore, only pass upon him a sentence of four years'penal servitude, the sentence being upon each charge, as in the former case. As to the prisoner Ventris, it appeared that he was clerk to the accountants, Messrs. Quilter and Ball, and that being sent down to Northampton by them to examine the accounts of the bankrupts, he consented for the sake of a bribe, to lend himself to the scheme for defrauding the creditors, and he did this know ing, in his position as clerk to the accountants, that it must be followed by the commission of the crime of wilful perjury. He did not certainly appear to have been any party to the subornation of perjury by others, but still his offence was a very serious one, and he felt it his duty to pass upon him the same sentence as upon Chapman, namely, four years' penal servitude. With regard to the remain ing prisoner, Billingham, he did not consider his case in so bad a light as the others. He did not appear to have been any party to the original scheme of fraud, although he had undoubtedly taken an active share in concealing the property after it had been removed. He had, however, de liberately committed the crime of perjury, and he was bound to pass such a sentence upon him as would be calculated to doter others from commit ting a similar crime, and he should order him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 1S months. The learned judge concluded by stating, that it was necessary in cases of perjury, to levy a fine in addi tion to any other sentence, and he should therefore order those of the prisoners who had been convicted of that offence to pay a fine of ls. Sergeant Ballantine then said that in the course of the case it had been stated that a highly-respect able gentleman named Tozer had purchased a por tion of the bankrupts' stock from their establish ment in New Oxford-street, and he thought it right to state that that gentleman was from home when the purchase was made, and the moment he became aware of what had taken place he repudiated the transaction, and insisted upon the goods being returned. Mr. Justice Blackburn said he was glad to hear the explanation, and it was well that it should be made public that Mr. Tozer had had nothing to do with such a transaction. Sergeant Ballantine then applied for the costs of the prosecution, which the learned judge directed to be allowed upon the most liberal scale. The prisoners left the bar apparently very little affected by the result, and the Court was adjourned to Monday, the 28th January. RAIL WAY ACCIDENTS. One of the worst consequences of the present bitter weather is the increased danger to which it exposes railway passengers. Under ordinary cir cumstances travelling by railway is hazardous enough. Hundreds of lives are put at the mercy of a sleepy driver or a careless pointsman, and the in attention of a signal keeper may result in the sudden infliction of a terrible form of death on a dozen helpless passengers. These risks, however, may be greatly diminished by vigilant control, and it speaks volumes for the carefulness of railway officials that during the dull days and long dark nights of winter more frequent disasters have not been caused by indolence or neglect. But ano ther form of danger has arisen, scarcely to be averted by the most watchful supervision. The causes of the evil referred to are so imperfectly un derstood that no efficient remedies have yet been pro posed ; indeed, the evidence given at coroners' in quests on railway accidents frequently tends to mis leadtpersons whose business it should be to detect the causes of these occurrences, and to apply a cure. The unusual number of accidents which happened to wards the close of last week will probably compel closer attention to this subject, and induce scientific men to enter upon an investigation which they alone are qualified to conduct. On Friday or Saturday four railway trains broke down, with fatal results —two on the London, Chatham, and Dover, one on the London and North Western, and one on the Shrewsbury and Hereford. Seven persons were killed; several others dangerously, if not mortally, injured; and many more hurt and bruised in a lesser degree. Three of these accidents are traceable to the fracture of " tires" of carriage wheels, and in the Hereford case to the breaking of an axle. Nu merous other instances of similar fractures have been recorded during the week. On all sides we hear of springs breaking, tires fracturing, and axles snap ping off like short carrots. In cases like these, where carelessness cannot be imputed to railway officers, the unvarying custom of coroners' juries is to lay the blame on the quality of the iron. At Teyn ham and at Hereford the story was the same —the iron was pronounced defective, and there the matter ended, juries and engineers concurring in the view that the producer of the iron had furnished metal of an inferior quality, and thus remotely con tributed to scatter wounds and death among unfor tunate people who had trusted their lives to faulty axles and unsound tires. If coroners would make a point of summoning witnesses competent to pro nounce opinions on this question, the inquests, which are now little better than useless forms, might render valuable assistance in elucidating the mystery, and providing against the recurrence of similar disasters. At Hereford, one of the jurors, " as a practical man," undertook to say that the axle was made of bad iron ; and in another case a railway engineer came to a similar conclusion, be cause the iron was " crystallised." The cry thus raised is taken up by the newspapers, and the public are led to believe that ironmasters and axlemakers have combined to defraud rail way companies and imperil the lives of travellers by using imperfect metal to in crease their own profits. Had any person of competent metallurgical knowledge been examined, he would have cleared up the difficulty by showing that the crystallization of railway iron is no fault of the maker, but is caused by the operation of a natural law, set in force by the railway system itself. Wrought or malleable iron (of which all railway tires and axles are made) when it leaves the maker's hands is fibrous in structure, highly ductile, and before breaking might, by the exertion of sufficient force, be actually tied into a knot. But by the action of long continued percussion, or the tremulous motion to whieh it is subjected in rail way work, the metal loses its fibrous nature, and acquires a crystalline character. In this state it no longer retains the tenacity and cohesion which for merly characterised it, but becomes exceedingly brittle and liable to fracture. The brittleness increases as the temperature is depressed; consequently, in such weather as we have lately had the liability to accident through fracture is incalculably greater than at other periods. The variation in the struc ture of the iron is unattended with any chemical change in the metal, but ais purely physical. It results from a new molecular arrangement of the particles of iron, and is very slightly, if at all, affected by the quality of the metal in the first instance. So highly brittle may iron thus become that, in extremely cold weather, the precaution ordinarily resorted to of striking the wheels and axles, or tapping with a hammer to ascertain their soundness, if incautiously performed, may, by crack ing the metal, bring about the very mischief it is intended to discover. The obvious remedy is the replacement of wheels and axles by new ones at shorter intervals than is now customary; but the objection to this course is the enormous expense it would entail upon railway companies —an expense which the public would be unwilling to bear by paying higher fares. There is, however, another and less costly mode by which the evil might be remedied, and the crystalline structure largely, and perhaps wholly, corrected. This might be effected by occasionally " annealing" the iron— that is, by exposing it to a red heat and allowing it to cool slowly. By this treatment the duc tility of the metal would be restored, the crys talline structure removed, and the liability to sud den fracture in periods of low temperature greatly diminished. The process suggested would, no doubt be attended with trouble and expense, as it would probably necessitate the re-turning of the axles and the use of new bearings ; but however grave these inconveniences may be, they are nevertheless to be preferred to the dreadful consequences resulting from fracture. Accidents from the breaking of tires or axles might in many cases be obviated by mount ing railway carriages on six wheels instead of four, Six-wheeled carriages no doubt have their disadvan .. tages ; but of their superior safety there can be no question, and if the public desire to travel securely they must be content to sacrifice something in speed. If one wheel of a four-wheeled carriage should hap pen to break, the carriage must immediately be thrown off the rails; but to reduce a six-wheeled car riage to the same helpless condition three wheels must break simultaneously,two on one of the end axles and one on the middle axle, an occurrence scarcely within the range of possibility. The breaking ofcoup lin g chains—another fertile cause of acciden t—is less easily to be guarded against. Probably the varia tions of temperature lately recorded, by disturbing the soil, may have displaced some of the rails at their points of junction, and thus have thrown car riages off the line. In such a case it is no wonder that the strongest available iron is unable to bear the strain. A thin metal wire may be broken by the pressure of the hand. It may therefore be con ceived how readily the thickest iron cable may be fractured by the sudden jerk to which it is subjected when the enormous weight of a railway train, dragged v iolently alon g an uneven surface, is thrown upon it. Minute and continuous inspection of the permanent way affords the only means of avoiding accidents from this cause. Indeed, the occurrences of the last few days, and the alarm and distrust they have excited, should impress upon railway companies the importance of redoubled vigilance during the frost. Neither labour nor expense should be spared ; the faintest indication of dan ger should be scrupulously noted, and the most patient investigation bestowed upon the scien tific questions to which attention has been drawn. By using each accident as a means of discovering hidden sources of danger, railway companies may, and probably will, succeed in reducing to a mini_ mam the risks to which their passengers are exposed, and in preventing future disasters of the description we have just now to deplore.-4th' s Birmingham Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment.—Heal all, Cure all.—These medicaments, discovered by Professor Holloway, have received the united praises of all nations for their powerful agency in curing all sores, ulcers, and other diseases of the skin arising from impure or weak blood or from depraved secretions. In all accidental in juries, contusions, burns, scalds, cuts, and sprains, Hol loway's ointment invariably gi ves relief, and conducts to an ultimate cure. Stiff joints, white-swellings, and tumours of all descriptions are removed when treated by these purifying remedies, u'llich cure the disease and cleanse the system. In all visible ailments of long dura tion both ointment and pills should be simultaneously em ployed—the former conquers the local malady, the latter purify the figicle awl solids deuerallp TV I N The floods in the Seine and Marne have nearly put a stop to all business in the wine market of Bercy since the commencement of the year. All retail dealings are now conducted at the bonded stores. The demand for wine is so limited that there is very little encouragement for holders of stock to raise their prices. Their pretensions, nevertheless , are sufficiently exorbitant, inasmuch as wine, in ferior to that of the vintage of 1859, which was not very good, has been sold at a dearer rate than that paid this time last year. Accounts from Bordeaux state that there ha s be e n ver y little busi ness transacted in that market in wines for several weeks past. The wine growers, who have still old wines on hand, express disappointment at the falling off in the demand, but they will not reduce their prices. They ask 900 f the ton for wine of the Bas- Medoc vintage, 1859. There is no demand for i Bordeaux wines of the last vintage, the quality s so inferior. Some wine has been sold in the Bour geais at from 310 f to 320 f the cask of 912 litres. A letter from Cette says that some purchases of wine have been made in the commune of Poussan at 151 f the cask of 700 litres, commission and car riage in addition. Some wine was likewise sold at Roujean and in the neighbourhood of Campagne, at 125 f the cask of 700 litres with the cask. 24 half hogsheads, of 150 litres each, of Roussillou were sold at 50f the hectolitre. Fiton and Lapalme are selling at Cette at 40f the hectolitre, Roussillou at 50f and 60f, Rivesaltes 60f the hectolitre. The firmness in the price of spirits of wine in both the north and south of France has given rise to many commentaries. " Take care," says the alarmists, " there is a vast quantity of wine in the south which is only fit for distillers' use, and when it Is all converted into spirits there must be a consider able fall in prices." "Fear nothing," say the others, "the beetroot spirit produced in the north will be considerably lees this year than in ordinary seasons—that of the south will be inevitably feeble. There is no stock on hand anywhere, and prices must be maintained even by the demand for home consumption." The truth is probably between the two extremes. It is possible that there will not be any very great rise or fall of the present prices. Accounts from Lille state that the price of spirits, after having oscillated between 95f and 96f the hectolitre, rose and remained at 97f, with very little of the article in the market. 35 casks of spirits of wine were sold at Beziers at 114 f 50c the hecto litre. Fine beetroot spirit, first quality, 90 deg., was quoted in Paris on Saturday at 105 f the hecto litre, Montpellier 130 f. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTHAMPTON-JAN. 12. At this corn-market to-day wheat was in moderate sup ply, with a less acive demand, ranging from 63s to 69s for old, and 47s to 63s for new. In barley a good business, malting 388 to 455, grinding 32s to 36s per qr. Oats in small supply, and prices as before—quoted at 24s to 400 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 568; peas, 40s to 525. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 68s to 725; flour, 338 to 34s per sack COLCHESTER-JAL 12. A larger supply of wheat was brought into the market to-day, but not a very brisk demand; prices may be noted is lower. Barley a slew demand, and is to 2s below late rates. Beans and peas scarce, and fully as dear. Wheat, white 6os to 68s Beans Mazagan..36s to 429 red 44s to 60s Middle & small 44s to 509 Barley 4os to 50s White peas 48s to 52s Oats 22s to 28s Grey.. 421 to 488 CHELMSFORD-JAN. 11. A large show of wheat and barley. 'Wheats in the early part of the day realised former currencies, but at the close seconds fell is to 2s. Barley is to 2s less money. Spring corn unaltered in price, with a slow sale. Wheat white 42s to 66s Yeas, Partridge ..41 3 t o 441 - red 51s to 63s White 43s to 46s Barley 32s to 44s Boiling 43s to 478 Chevalier ....35s to 47s Dun 39s to 42s Grinding 30s to 39s Beans, Tick ....38s to 465 Malt 61s to 67s Harrow Ticks 39s to 49s Chevalier 64s to 69s Mazagan 32s to 435 Oats 26s to 31s KIRKALDY-JAN. 12. We had less supplies to-day of barley, oats, and wheat. Sales were slow, and prices were is to 2s under former rates for wheat and barley ; oats, if any difference, rather dearer. Wheat Barley Oats First—. 32s Od 32s Od 23s Od Second.. 64s Od 39s Od 29s Od Third .. 62s Od 42s Od 32s Od COAL MARK] (Prioes of Coal per Ton at a. d. , I .T—JAN. 14. the close of the market Walla End. Davison's West Hart- ley ....17 Howard's West Hart ley 17 Lambert's West Hart- 8. d. ley 17 Eden Main 24 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 West Hartley 17 Tanfield Moor Butes 19 Walls End. Riddell South Durham 22 9 Ships at marke Thorpe 25 0 South Hetton ..26 0 Hetton .. 25 6 Hello° .. .. , . ..24 0 Lambton ...... 25 6 Nixon's Merthyr 21 0 Powell'sDuffi7nSteaan 21 0 Hilda • Gosforth 24 6 Harton 25 0 Hartlepool...., 25 0 Haswell..... 26 0 Tees 26 6 , 45 ; sold, 39 THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • Jan. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • • .. .. Feb. 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. .. Jan. —. Cuba and Mexico .. Jan. 28 Canada, &c. (via Gal way ) .. Jan. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Jan. 18. Do Gibraltar (via Southampton) (via Marseilles) Jan. 12 Jan. 10 India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Jan. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Jan. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 19. Lisbon 00 00 Jan. 11 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Jan. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Jan. 11. United States, California, &c. .• Jan. 16. Western Coast of Africa Madeira, Teneriffe .. Jan. 10. 'kat Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Jan. 14. 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Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 5C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, wi thout purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bi lious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. 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, onthe seal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re' gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbit, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William -street, City ; at 127, High Holborn; and all grocers BIRTHS. D'EYNCOURT.—On the 11th inst at Veitch's Hotel, Edighte nbur r, gh stillb the . Lady Hen rietta D'Eyncourt, of a dauorn. REYNARDSON.—On the 12th inst., at 11, Nottingham place, the wife of Colonel Birch Reynardson, C. 8., of a son. YAILDLEY.—On the 11th inst., at Horton Manor, Bucks, Lady Yardley, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. llAnDr—Coormt.—On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras parish church, George Hardy, Esq., of the General Post Office, to Ann Margaret, second daughter of George E. Cooper, Esq., of Burton-crescent. IRVING—MITCHELL.-011 the 12th inst., at Lydd, Kent, Peter Wells Irving, Esq., son of the late Thos. Irving, Esq., Naval Storekeeper, her Majesty's Dockyard, Dept ford, to Helen, younger daughter of the late Captain J. Mitchell, R.N. DEATHS. Ancocx.—On the 13th inst., at 19, Brompten-square, R. Hill Adcock, Esq., late of 8, Littl e Argyll-stet, Re gent-street, aged 71. Boys.—On the 13th inst., at Margate, John Boys, Esq., aged 79. CLARK.—On the 12th inst., at 13, Park-terrace, New aged 56. CocLroLsiZajlovhononll.--On inst., suddenly, at Brighton, John Collingwood, Esq., aged 65. HARRIS.—At 18, Onslow-square, the Right Hon. Isabella H e lena, Dowager Lady Harris, aged 57. RUNEy .—On the 12th inst., after a very short illness, at 15, Langham-place, Portland-place, aged 40, Elizabeth Anne, wife of Sir Cusack P. Roney. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim SUN Office, No. 112, Strand , in the Precinct of the SAY(3y, in the County ol_hliddlesez , Tgendith January j 6.1861.