The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-29 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Espoir, 5, screw, commander S. Douglas, emcee( kled in capturing a valuable prize on the 4th ult. The Espoir was on her way to Ascension uneLer canvass, find had arrived within 200 miles of the island, but 'tieing rather to leeward steam was got up to get laer into the anchorage. The com mander had ji tst finished taking his sights at noon (the master t•eing sick), when the man at the mast head reporfrld a sail on the weatherbow. The com mander want below and fixed the position of the ship by his observations. On coming again on deck and looking at the stranger he was seen suddenly to change his course. " Starboard !" "Go on full speed !" were the orders given on board the Espoir, and the little vessel was in chase, the stranger haul ing his wind and taking in his studdingsails. At 3.20 p.m. the Espoir was up with the chase and captured her. She proved to be the barque Clara Windsor, of New York, without colours or papers, 260 tons burden, 720 slaves stated by her crew to be on board, and with a crew of fearful-looking miscreants, 23 in number. The prize crew were taken out of her and placed on board the Espoir, while Lieut. Stevenson with 12 of the Espoir's crew took charge of the prize, and commenced beating their way up to Ascension. The Espoir kept on under steam, but her engines broke down the same night, and it was consequently a week before she reached the island. The prize arrived two days afterwards, short of water, and with 20 deaths among her cargo: This latter must be regarded as a small average, when i t is considered that the slave deck of the ship on which these 720 human beings had been packed was only four feet in height. The prize was supplied with water and sent on from Ascension to Sierra Leone for adjudication. Slaves at Cuba were stated to be fetching 600 dole, each; therefore tke Clara Windsor's freight represented a market value of £86,400. The cost of the "article" was 60 dols. each, or £B,OOO. £5 lOs per head is allowed for each slave captured by our cruisers and delivered alive, and half that sum for each slave who may die after the capture of the vessel. The proceeds of the sale of the vessel's stores and outfit are reckoned in the present instance to cover the expenses, leav ing the sum allowed for the hull to be added to the spoil to be shared by the lucky captors. The Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert has been placed in No. 7 Dock at Portsmouth for over haul and repair, fitting new floats, &c. Her masts have been taken out for examination and shorten ing, and the mainmast has been found defective. They have seen about six years' service. The weight of the foremast, with its wire rigging, is 11 tons, 13 cwt., 2 qrs. The Cossack, 20, screw, :Capt. R. Moorman, is caulking and refitting in No. 1 Dock at Ports mouth. Lieut. Barkley has been succeeded in his duties as Senior Lieut. by Lieut. J. Gilmore. The Rolla, naval apprentice brig, Lieut.-Com mander Charles G. Nelson, has been placed in the ship basin at Portsmouth, to refit for service in the spring. She is receiving considerable repairs to her topsides at the hands of the shipwright de partment. The Eurydice, sailing frigate, has also been placed in the same basin for repairs, &c., prior to her commission ;as a seagoing naval-cadet training ship. The discharge of the hired men from Porte- mourh dockyard, commencing on the 23d proximo, will be continued at the rate of 96 men weekly until the 25th of May, by which time the reduc tion ordered will have been effected. The pro portions of men discharged weekly will be 44 shipwrights, other trades 26, and labourers 26. Men wishing to proceed to their homes or to work at a distance are to be provided with railway passes for themselves and their tools, but no provision is made for conveying back the men's wives and families. The majority of the hired men since their employ in Portsmouth yard have stood well in the estimation of their superior officers, and particularly so have the North Country ship. wrights. Many of the shipwrights in the yard were also members of the Dockyard or 3d Hants Volunteer Artillery Corps, and which body will suffer severely in a decrease of numbers by these men's discharge from the dockyard. The Lords of Admiralty have decided on discon. tinning the system of job and task work at Chatham Dockyard, which has been in operation at that esta blishment during the last few years. The long-pending question in dispute between the parochial authorities of Chatham and the Govern ment relative to the payment by the latter of their fair share of the parochial rates, which fall with peculiar heaviness on the ratepayers of that and the adjoining parishes, in consequence of the vast pub lic establishments being by law exempt from the payment of parochial rates, has at length been settled by the Government consenting to pay a yearly sum towards the rates of each of the parishes in which property belonging to the Crown is situated, according to the calculation made by Mr. Hall, the Government surveyor. The parochial authorities at Chatham have accordingly received within the last few days the sum of £1,750 65., being the first instalment of the sum which the Government will annually pay to that parish. By • this arrangement the parish of Gillingham, and also that of St. Margaret, Rochester, in both of which the Crown has considerable property, will receive large sums from the Government in liquidation of the poor and other rates. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut, Francis L. Wood, to the Narcissus ; Lieut. Charles Pringle to the l'rincess Royal ; John G. O'Connell, Second Master, to the Cumberland, for the Griffon ; and . _ Thomas Sagar, first class Assist,Engineer, addi tional, to th© Cumberland, for service in the Chaneur. TBE Colonel Charles Bingham, the Deputy-Adjutant of the Royal Artillery, has issued the subjoined general regimental order, dated the 25th inst. : " The Secretaries of State for India and for the War Department having, with the concurrence of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief, approved the officers of her Majesty's Indian army hereinafter named being attached to the Royal Artillery for duty, his Royal Highness takes this opportunity of directing the attention of the officers of the oyal Artillery to the close connec tion which will henceforth exist between them selves and their brethren of her Majesty's Indian Artillery. " His Royal Highness is well assured that the officers now ordered to Woolwich will be received with that hearty welcome and feeling of comrade ship which happ ily prevails in the B r i t i s h army, and which, in t his instance will be strengthened by a large and generous esprit de corps. In the intimate union now commencing expe rience and:professional acquired and knowledgeimparted, will be mut ua ll y and his Royal Highness anticipates with confidence for the c onsolidated and regiments of A r till er y, a distinction a s g reat glorious as that which they have already separately acquired. " Names of th e Officers—Lieut.- Col. J. H. Smyth, Bengal ; Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. Le Bengal ; Brevet Major A. Light, Bengal ; Capt.C . H. Hutchinson, Madras ; C ap t. C. J . B ar t on , Bom bay ; Second Capt. N. G. Campbell, Madras ; Se cond Capt. C. P. Roberts, Bombay • Second Capt. A.-Blunt, Bombay; Second Capt. F. Lloyd, Bom bay ; Lieutenant C. H. Barnes, Bengal ; Lieu tenant J., Alexander, Bengal; Lieut. D. T. M'Grego r , Madras; : Lieut. R. A. Stevenson, Bom bay ; Li eut. T. Rtchie, Bombay ; Lieut. T. P. Berthon, Bombay ; Lieut. H. M Bengal Lieut. H. - B uc k le, madm; and unro, Lieut. C. Hunter, Ben ga l' The annexed general order has been addressed to General officers commanding troops and officers commanding Royal Artillery,.... " " Horse G uar d s, S.W., Jan. 24. His Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief having decided that the subaltern offi cers of the Royal Artillery shall pass an examina tion before being promoted to the rank of Captain, the same is notified for general information. " The examination of the Lieutenants of the Royal Artillery will be similar to that required of officers of the Line, as laid down in the Queen's Regulations, paragraphs 72, 73, and 74, with the exception : of the requirements of paragraph 10, page 73. A general knowledge of the evolutions of cavalry and military will suffice; "In addition to the foregoing, Lieutenants of the Royal Artillery will be examined as to their ac quaintance with the more epeeist duties of their profession, and the accompanying lid or sithjects is promulgated as a guide to the nature of the exami nation. " Every officer, on becoming the 30th on the list of Lieutenants, must be prepared to undergo the required examination. . _ "An officer, however, who wishes to be examined at an earlier period may, after four y..q rs' service, apply for such examination. " Instructions will from time to time be issued from this department to the general or other officer commanding districts or stations to assemble a board, to consist of three officers, viz., a field officer (of the Royal Artillery, if possible), an officer of the Staff, and a captain of Royal Artillery, or an officer of that corps who may have already passed the examination. (Either the gunnery instructor or the firemaster should, when practicable, be selected for this duty.) " If it be impossible to obtain a staff officer, a captain of the line should be substituted ; if a se cond officer of artillery cannot be had, an officer of Royal Engineers should be substituted ; but it must be understood that either the president or one mem ber of the board must be selected from the Royal Artillery. " That portion of the examination which can be best replied to in writing will b e con d uc t e d b y means of questions prepared by the Deputy-Adju tant-General of Artillery at the Horse Guards, and which will be forwarded to the general or other officer commanding. " The viva voce and practical examination will be conducted by the Board of Officers, who will satisfy themselves that the officer under examina tion not only possesses the requisite knowledge himself, but that he is able to impart that know ledge in a clear and satisfactory manner to the non. commissioned officers and men under his command. " The Board will then forward (through the General officer) their own report, together with the written answers. The President of the Board will certify them to have been the bona fide per formances of the candidates,*and without assistance. The written papers will then be examined by the Deputy Adjutant-General of Artillery at the Horse Guards, and the result, together with the opinion of the Board, reported to his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. " Synopsis of Examination. 1. Field gun drill. 2. Exercise of heavy guns on ground and travers ing platforms. 3. Mortar drill. 4. Rocket drill. 5. Armstrong gun drill. 6. Practice with hot shot and molten iron shells. 7. Gun and transporting carriage drill. 8. General duties of the men, and principles involved in mounting and dismounting ordnance generally, in placing guns on towers, in embarking and disembarking ordnance, and in moving ordnance up steep inclines ; also the tackle, &c., required in the above operations. 9. Different pieces of ordnance in use throughout the service at the time of the examination, their weight and cali bre, and the special purpose of each description of ordnance. 10. Ammunition employed with ordnance generally. 11. Ammunition employed with Arm strong guns. 12. General construction of a congreve rocket and the principle of its motion. 13. Manu facture and action of fuzees and tubes: 14. The advantages of the rifle action, and the principle upon which it depends. 15. Essential points with regard to rifling ordnance. 16. General principles of breaching. 17. Position and employment of artillery in the field. 18. Considerations whichregulate the rapidity of artillery fire. 19. Principles connected with the manufacture and construction of artillery carriages. 20. General knowledge of laboratory duties. 21. Embarking and disembarking horses, management of horses on board ships. 22. To be able to define technical artillery terms, &c., in such a way as to make them understood by the non-com missioned officers and men under their command, such as-1, point blank ;2, point blank range ;3, depart; 4, chambers; 5, preponderance; 6, different kinds of artillery fire; 7, how elevation gives an increase of range; 8, windage; 9, deviation, &c. 23. Subalterns who have been one year or more in the Horse Brigade or in a field battery will be re quired, in addition to the foregoing subjects, to be thoroughly acquainted with stable duties and horse artillery or field battery movements and details ; all others will be required to have a general know ledge of these subjects." The Ordnance Select Committee at Woolwich, as well as the Royal Engineer Permanent Com mittee at Chatham, having made highly favourable reports on the excellence of the iron band gabions, recently invented by Sergeant Major Jones, R.E., attached to the staff at Chatham, orders have been issued for their adoption throughout the service generally. Several hundreds of the new gabions have accordingly been manufactured by the Government contractor and sent into store at Woolwich, where, by direction of the Secretary of State for War, they were inspected by the inventor. The result of the examination, however, led to the discovery that the gabions thus made for the Government were faulty, and in other respects not fit for the service, in consequence of their not having been made ac cording to the original pattern and specifications. They have acccordingly all been returned to the contractor, who will be required to furnish a fresh supply to be placed in store. By direction of General Sir John Burgoyne, Inspector-General of Fortifications, the new iron-band gabions have been included in the printed list of stores to accom pany armies in the field. The advantages which the iron-band gabions possess over those of the old wicker kind are that they can be constructed in an exceedingly short time, two men being able to turn out a gabion complete in five minutes, the old kind requiring three men three hours to construct one; they are exceedingly portable, 100 of the iron gabions requiring less room for stowage than six of the wicker kind; they are much lighter, weighing only 291 b. each, whereas the gabions formerly in use in the service weighed 601 b. each; they are considerably cheaper; they are incombus tible, and far more simple in their construction ; and they can be readily repaired when damaged. In addition to these advantages the inventor has succeeded in making the iron bands of the gabion serviceable in the construction of flying suspension bridges for the passage of troops and artillery, and ono of these bridges has been erected at Chatham, where it has been put to a severe test, with the most satisfactory results. TILE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR RIFLES. The following circular, addressed to Lords-Lieu tenant of Counties, has been issued from the War office : "War-office, Pall-mall, Jan, 7. " Having had under my consideration the whole subject of the arming of corps of Rifle Volunteers, and the measures which appear to be necessary in order to insure an uniform system, as well in ac counting for the arms in possession of Volunteers as in providing for their due preservation and effi ciency, I have the honour to recall to your recol lection that, at the period when the greatest num ber of corps offered their services, the state of the stores did not permit the Government to arm the Volunteers completely. " At first, therefore, they were required to pro vide their own rifles, under prescribed conditions as to size of bore and nipple ; then a certain num ber per cent, of rifles were issued to them by the Government; and afterwards the arms were sup plied for all enrolled members. " Thus two systems of arming Volunteer corps came into operation, and recent inspections have shown that not unfrequently two descriptions of rifles are in us e i n the s ame corps, some the pro perty of the Government, and some of the 'Volun teers themselves, who have provided them at their own expense. " As it is desirable that the osupplyso of rifles should 1 for the future be mad e frome u that those corps which h ave purchasedr" only,their own a rms should be relieved as fa r as possible and from the ex penses which they have incur re d i n thi s respect, 1 I beyond those now thrown upon the more recently formed corps, her Majesty's Government are pre pared to purchase all such rifles as are now the property of corps or individual volunteers, at the price paid for arms of similar pattern under th e G overnmen t c ontracts, as noted in the margin ;* and, in cases where Volunteers object to part with their own rifles upon these terms, it is to be under stood that Government arms will be issued for their use in the corps. "I have therefore to request that you will make known this decision to the various Rifle Volunteer Corps in the county under your charge, and will cause a return to be made to me of the number and description of arms not the property of the LGo vernment which are now in use by them. " The Volunteers will he allowed the continued use of the arms thus purchased, on the conditions in force with respect to the arms issued by the Go vernment, except in cases- where there are two descriptions of arms in one corps, and where it may bel necessary, for the sake of uniformity, to issue the Enfield rifle to all the Volunteers. ‘e'obr the future, however, all ..Rifie Volunteer whill be required to use the arms issued t o y the :Government, and no new corps willbe sanctioned in Vvhich it isintendedthat the ilieMbeks - should be armed in any other manner. " I have also to impress upon you the importance of maintaining the regulation which requires that all the rifles should be invariably deposited in the armouries of the corps. lam aware, however, that certain corps would be subjected to much inconve nience *vete a rigid adherence to the regUlationa eh; forced in these cases, and I shall be prepared upon receiving a recommendation from you to that effect, to sanction a relaxation of this regulation in the cases of such rural or scattered corps as you may consider from their local distribution to require it, and in such cases to permit the arms to remain in the charge, and be retained at the homes, of the mem• bers of the corps, provided always that every rifle is subject to the inspection of the officers command ing companies once a week, and of the assistant inspector of the division, and in case of adminis trative battalions of the field officer commanding, as often as they may deem necessary, on the un derstanding that in all instances where the arms are neglected the privilege shall be withdrawn. " I am also disposed to extend this privilege to such members of corps existing in cities and large towns as may, from residing at a distance from their headquarters, be unable conveniently to de posit their rifles daily in their armoury. In such oases written permissions may be given, at the dis cretion of the commanding officer, to individual members; but the privilege is to be judiciously exercised, and strictly under the provisions already f b o e r r r u r e qa red d r p s t 0 ; a n d_ et the he t commanding f p offi res ce c r ri w be i d ll members to whom he has granted permission to retain their arms to be inserted in the periodical return furnished by the adjutant. " Having thus consulted the convenience of the Volunteers by affording them the greatest possible latitude which a due regard for the public interests will permit, I have to urge the necessity of strictly adhering to the regulations is all other cases. It has been found that arms not kept in the store are often subject to serious deterioration from want of careful and proper treatment, and there is no doubt that the habitual return of the arms to store after use is important to the efficiency of the corps ; and I have to express my hope that these regulations will be strictly obeyed, and I beg that you will in timate to the Volunteers serving in your county that I shall feel it my duty strictly to enforce them. " I have the honour to be, "Your most obedient humble servant, iiii;:thii DUBLIN, MONDAY MORitiN6; LETTER FROM THE POPE. The following is a translation of the Pope's reply to the address of the " Catholic University of Ire land " Pius IX., Pope, to otir beloved Sons, Jas. Gartlan, Vice-Rector, the Professors and Officials of the Catholic University of Ireland. " Beloved Sons, Health and Apostolical Benedic tion,—To the ancestral piety, faith, and reverence towards us and the holy See of Peter, for which the Catholic University of Ireland is pre-eminently distinguished, the sentiments set forth in the letter which you, beloved sons, have desired to send to us in the name of all its members, do admirably correspond. You have wished to express your grief at this incredible revolution throughout the whole of Italy, and at the sacrilegious usurpation of our temporal Pontifical State, which immediately the King of Sardinia, making an invasion with his largo army, by force of arms brought to comple tion. Justly, beloved sons, do you protest against all these things, since the full and absolute liberty of the common Father of all the faithful is assuredly most intimately conjoined with the well-being and advantage of the universal Church, and since all Catholics are interested in the patrimony where with Divine Providence has endowed the Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ, in order to the free exercise of the Apostolic office. Incredible, there fore, to this and to future generations, will appear the league entered into by powerful persons, who, having attached to themselves the forces of all its enemies, have shamelessly proposed, in spite of all opposition, to subvert and overthrow the civil prin cipality of the Apostolic See. We, indeed, openly and publicly, have many times signified to the whole world the detestable nature of these crimes, and have, very recently, again and more emphati cally demanded the aid especially of Catholic princes and nations for the support and defence of the cause of this holy See. But we raise our hands with groaning to the Lord, that the grace of His heavenly virtue may enlighten the mighty ones of this world, so that at last they may understand how great a peril is imminent, not on the Church only, but on civil society itself, and may fix their attention on the most grievous calamity of this age. Do you, in the meantime, beloved sons, unanimously persevere together with us in prayer, that the compassionate and merciful Lord may look upon the affliction which, in com mon with us, all of you sustain, and that He may cause peace and tranquility everywhere to prevail. With feelings of great gratitude for your most loving expressions of duty, we make supplications to God that He may gladden you with all true pro sperity, both of mind and body ; and we trust that a favourable omen of this great good is afforded by the Apostolical benediction which we, with the outpouring of the affection of our paternal heart, very lovingly bestow on each of you, beloved sons, and upon all the alumni of the Catholic University of Ireland. " SIDNEY HERBERT. "Her Majesty's Lieutenant ior the County of -." CAPTURE OF A SWINDLER. Great excitement prevailed in Newcastle on Thursday, in consequence of the arrival of Jeremiah Winks, an absconded bankrupt, in the custody of Mr. M. Maguire, a private detective belonging to Liverpool, Maguire having apprehended Winks at Melbourne. Winks, it seems, before he came to Newcastle had been an insolvent in Yorkshire ; he was also an uncertificated bankrupt, and had suf fered two years' imprisonment in York Castle for fraud. But our business men appear to have been strangely careless in making inquiries with respect to his antecedents, for he had thrust himself into respectable mercantile circles, and had been per mitted to establish himself unchallenged as a wine and spirit merchant, as the representative of a large insurance concern, and as the agent of several dis tilleries and breweries. In June of last year he absconded from Newcastle after realising every thing belonging to the estate within his reach. He took a young woman, his deceased wife's sister, with him, and married her at Liverpool before he set sail for Australia. The liabilities upon his estate were found to be very large, and the assets nearly nil. It was discovered also that he had been swind ling to a large extent, and Maguire was despatched by the Bankruptcy Court by the overland route to apprehend him. Maguire left Southampton on the 20th of July last, and reached Melbourne on the 10th of September. On arriving at Melbourne he at once communicated the object of his mission to the police authorities of that city; and from Mr. Nicholson, chief superintendent, and Mr, Scott, deputy-superintendent, he received the most valu able assistance. Having preceded by nearly five weeks the date at which the expected vessel was due, he occupied his leisure time by going from place to place; but his attentions were pretty closely confined to Queenscliffe, a station about 50 miles from Melbourne, at which ships were usually telegraphed from Cape Ottway. Here he often remained for several hours, and sometimes all night and all day ; and on the night of the Bth of October, ascertaining that the Auber Stetsin was passing through the " Heads," he went out to sea in an open boat, in company with two members of the Melbourne detective force. It was a very bitter, squally night, and in this somewhat perilous situa tion they remained till three o'clock in themorning , of the 10th, after an exposure to the elements of • some four-and-twenty hours. At the expiration of that period Maguire hailed and, accompanied by one of the detectives, went on board the long-looked for vessel, while she lay in the bay at anchor, about 10 or 12 miles from Sandbridge Pier. Provided with a light he went into the cabin in which lay the prisoner and his wife asleep. He awakened them, and made known the purpose of his errand. At the appearance of the strange visitor Winks seemed at first to be a good deal surprised; but in a short time recovering himself he expressed his satisfaction at being captured, and said he had thought of returning home by the Great Britain. The formality of searching was next gone through, the bankrupt and his wife being separated from each other while that work was being performed. Only £75 was found upon them. It was, it appears, the intention of the fugitive emigrants to proceed to Ballarat, about 100 miles from Mel bourne, where another sister of Mrs. Winks resided. The vessel having reached the port, the prisoner was taken into lodgings with his capturer, while Mrs. Winks and the children were temporarily accommodated in another part of the city. It occurred to Maguire that the most advisable course would be to take Winks before the magistrates, but the prisoner expressing his reluctance, on account of his wife's relations, to go through that ordeal, his request was kindly complied 'with. For the departure of Mrs. Winks and the girls preparations were now made; And Maguire having, with a similar spirit of generosity, paid their passage to Ballarat, and having besides left a little money in the hands of the stepmother, they proceeded on their journey. The parting was distinguished by no extraordinary outburst of feeling on either side, and Winks soon was homeward bound. For this pur pose he embarked, in charge of his detector, on board the Roxburgh Castle, on the 15th of October. ' There were about 100 passengers besides, and the passage was rather a rough and tedious one. On the sth of November, the vessel encountered no fewer than 60 icebergs, some of which reached the length of from seven to ten miles. In this preca rious position the ship continued for a day and a half when, by steering a little further northward, she again got into smooth and unimpeded waters. Throughout Winks behaved himself in a most becoming manner; having been previously in formed by the officer that if he did so he would deal with him in a gentlemanly spirit; while, if he acted otherwise, the consequences would be diffe rent. Till within a very short time of the arrival of the vessel, the fellow-passengers were in total ignorance of the notorious personage on board. Winks has been handed over to the magistrates. " Given at Rome, at St. Peter's on the 13th day of October, 1860, in the 12th year of our Pontifi cate. " PTUS IX., Pope. " Comformable to the original. " JAMES GARTLAN, Vice-Rector," TIIE GALWAY LINE AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT The subjoined special telegram appeared in the Freeman's Journal this morning : " London, Sunday. " Mr. L. O'Beirne and Dr. Gray, who have been for some time in Paris on behalf of the Galway Company, arrived in London yesterday. " It is understood unexpected obstacles have interposed, and that their negotiations •have been, for the present, suspended, but probably to be reopened on some new basis by which these unfore seen difficulties may be concluded—if such a basis can be devised." FAILURES IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND. The Banner of Ulster says : —" We regret to learn that there have been two failures during the present week in connexion with the linen trade of Ballymena; and that the failure of a merchant en gaged in the flour and corn trade of Belfast is also stated; We believe that the financial conseqtences of these suspensions will prove of inconsiderable importance. We have been led to believe that the Ballymena failures have been chiefly caused by the political revolution which is at present taking place in the United States, and is only a conse quence of the suicidal secession movement." THE LAW AS TO AN INFIDEL'S 042 H The .Rochdale Pilot contains a full report of the motion for a new trial in a case, the result of which we have already given. In deciding on the motion for anew trial, sought by Mr. E. H. Craufurd,M.P., the Judge of the county court (Mr. C. Temple, Q.C.), said,—" The case came before him simply upon the ground that he had committed a mistake in the law of the land as he had expounded it, and that the witness to whom the objection was taken had been improperly refused an opportunity of giv ing her testimony. He had known nothing of the case before it was brought into court, and did not know even the merits of the case until he read it in the newspaper, so that he could not be charged with having a prejudice about the question. After showing that the fact of the atheistic profession of the witness *as one brought out by an opponent, and not by the Court, his Honour proceeded to dis cuss the simple question—What was the practice of the law of England as to the admissibility of the evidence of a witness whose religious belief was questioned ? Upon examination, it turned out to be of a particular nature. The learned counsel had said that it was a common law question, and he was right. He had said of that common law that it was elastic, and that therefore it was not to be judged with the strictness of olden times. He (the l earne d judge) admitted that in a degree, but not to the extent of the learned counsel's argument. The com mon law of England was elastic with r eg a r d t o th e application of its pri nc i ples to changed circum stances of society, butit was not elastic, but immut able, with regard to the essential principles on which it was based. The common law, which he had gathered in days long passed, was simply this —that according to the words of Mr. lustice Buller, a witness to be admitted must b e li eve i n th e exist ence of a God, the obligation of an oath, and in a future state of rewards and punishments, so that the witness may feel that he is respon sible to God for the truth of what he said. Formerly no man could be admitted without taking that oath, or rather without he was a Christian, Now they understood the terms " infidel" and "atheist" to be synonymous, but formerly every one was an infidel who was a foreigner or did not hold the expressed faith of the country. He had taken some pains to look into the law of the subject, and found that the old form of oath went further than the present form, concluding thus :—" So help me God on His Holy Doom" or judgment. Whatever the form, however, there was ever one substratum — a belief in God, a belief that man was responsible to Him for his actions. But if the form or prin ciple of the oath worked wrong or evil—that was no fault of his ;he found th e oa ti i a l ega l prov i s i on, its administration thereof was his duty, and he should always endeavour to perform that which was his bounden duty. He did so in this case, and saw no occasion to regret anything he had done. When ever it had been sought to relieve persons who enter tained conscientious scruples, the Legislature had felt it necessary to pass an act, knowing that judges had not the power to relax the provision ; was not that the strongest evidence that nothing but the Legislature could do so ? Was it not, too, an ad mission that a man sitting in his position was powerless in the matter if even he had the inclina tion ? This rule of common law, which had existed from the earliest period of English legal history, had been maintained through a long vista of years by legal writers, by men of splendid genius, and he knew not of one amidst the bright catalogue who ever expressed a single doubt as to what the law was. He believed, indeed, that this was the first time in any court that the argument had been raised that a man who did not believe in God, who did not believe in the obligation of an oath or in a future state, was entitled by the law of England to be ex amined in a court of justice. The learned gentleman had had a singularly hard duty imposed upon him, and had discharged it in a way which showed that he (his Honour) sat there not to make law bat to declare the law. The question was very gravely considered by some of the highest authorities in the case of " Omichund v. Barker." This and other cases his Honour referred to, and said that in the witnesses whose evidence had been accepted the Deum Creatorem was a substratum of their belief. It was asked of him that he should in prac tice oppose the eminent men who had so fully con sidered this question. He had no power —no right 1 to do so. He was not called upon to give any opinion as to whether he thought the law of England I was too lax or too strict, and even Bentham, who had been referred to, had only gone to the extent o f saying that the law ought to be different, admitting that it was as he (his Honour) had laid it down. On what the law ought to be he would give no opinion ; on what it was he had no doubt, and he was not, on mere speculative opinion, to change a fundamental rule. Upon this point he had no doubt —that an avowed Atheist, by the law of England, cannot be admitted. This witness had, unfortu nately, avowed her unbelief in a God, her unbelief in human responsibility ; he was consequently of opinion that the judgment he give in that:case was a ri ght jud gment , an d t h ere f ore h e re f use d th e ap plication to set aside the nonsuit. THE SUN, LONDON! TUESDAY Ev ENING, JANUARY 29, 861. ,~..,...... r_,_ * £3 2s. 6d. FATAL PRIZE FIGHT IN ESSEX. Yesterday morning Mr. John Humphreys, the Coroner, received information respecting the death of a young man named Alfred Fabenham, aged 49 years, who recently resided at No. 7, George-place, Holloway, who died from the mortal effects of injuries sustained in a pugilistic encounter with another young ,man, residing in the same neigh bourhood. It appears that the deceased and his antagonist, whose name is Wallis, had some angry words on Saturday evening last, and ultimately it was arranged for them to fight for a sum of £5 a side. On Sunday morning., at an early hour, the parties left the vicinity of Holloway in light carts, when they proceeded to a secluded spot at Horn sey, where they were interrupted by several constables of the N division. The combatants then repaired to Wanstead Flats, and subsequently they reached a spot on the Forest at Walthamstow,where the fight commenced, danerdabalfetera time (thenumb pa ero rce of r ounds, being nds, aidedich lastedby co se ac nd on s t the deceased (Fabenham) was unable to resume the contest, or appear at the call of time, when the signal of victory was declared in favoar of the man Wallis. The unfortunate youth was conveyed in one of the vehicles to the house of a friend, No. 12, Cock and Castle-lane, near Kingsland-gate, where he expired in a few hours after his arrival. Mr. Bewley, of the Kingsland•road, and Mr. Sutton, surgeon, of the same district, were promptly called, and rendered every possible assistance, but their united efforts were unavailing. The other man is in a very precarious condition. Information of the death was speedily communi cated to the King3land Police-station, when Inspec tor Langdon, and other intelligent officers, were in , which has c p a u u r s s e u d it m o u f ch th s e en p sa a t r i t o i n es An inquest will be held on the body on Thursday, in in th t e hi d s is a tr ff i t c a t y . by the =oiler for East Middlesex. LA if iNTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 28. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. cßefore Sir C. Cressw ell.) to? omAs V. THOMAS. This was a suit instittited by the wife for a dis solution of marriage, on the ground of her husband's adultery and cruelty, to which there was no appear ance by the respondent. Dr. Spinks and Mr. Prideaux were counsel for the petitioner. It appeared that the respondent had formerly been a shipbroker at Bristol, where the marriage was solemnised in 1847. The parties cohabited until 1851, and had two children, ono of whom was liv ing ; but in the latter year he deserted her and went to Havre. Previously his conduct to the petitioner was described to be very brutal ; but notwithstanding his ill-treatment she follovred him to Havre. However their cohabitation was not renewed, and in 1854 the petitioner returned Ito her mother at Bristol, where she had since re sided with her child. In July that year the re spondent broke into her mother's and struck the petitioner with a flower-pot, and after wards with a poker, and she suffered severely from his ill-treatment. This violence was repeated, and on one occasion she was compelled to call iu the assistance of the police to protect her life. Several other acts of ill-treatment were deposed to, and the case was established. The Court granted the decree nisi, and directed that the petitioner should have the custody of the surviving child, a daughter, who was born in 1848. NORRIS V. NORRIS AND LAWSON. This was the petition of the husband, a farmer, residing at Hareham, Yorkshire, for a dissolution of marriage, on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, who was a farmer's labourer, and formerly lived in the same neighbourhood. Dr. Spinks was counsel for the petitioner, and there was no defence. From the evidence it appeared that the marriage took place on the 12th of March, 1850, and the pe titioner and his wife lived together until 1857, but had no family. In the latter year it was discovered that a criminal intercourse existed between Mrs. Norris and the co-respondent, which she admitted. Ultimately they went to Australia, where they have since been living in adultery. The Court granted a decree nisi: CTJBLEY V. CIIBLEY AND SMITH. The petitioner is a publican, and'proprietor of the Tankard public-house, Kennington-road, Lam beth, and instituted the suit to obtain a dissolution of marriage, on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, who had been a barman in his employment. The adultery was not denied, but the respondent ;pleaded that ,she left her husband from his ill-treatment. Dr. Phillimore, Q,C., and Dr. Tristram were counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Best, Mr. E. Lloyd, and Mr. Pater for the respondent and co respondent. The marriage took place in 1847, and there were five children, four of whom are living, and Mr. Cubley and his wife lived together until 1859, when the alleged adultery was discovered. Jane Fraser was examined, and stated that she lived with Mr. and Mrs. Cubley for about four years from 1853, at St. Mary's-street, Walcot square, Lambeth. He afterwards took the Tan kard, and she visited them there. He appeared very kind to his wife, and she did not recollect their having any quarrel. Remembered it being discovered that she (Mrs. Cubley) had pawned some of her husband's property, and his threaten ing to leave her unless she accounted for the money, and she stated that she had given it to a widow to pay her rent. She entreated him to for give her, and he consented to do so on her promis ing not to repeat the offence. The Ico-respondent used to take his meals at the table with Mr. and Mrs. Cubley. From the other evidence adduced, it appeared that the petitioner was very kind to his wife up to the time when she left him, and that Smith and Mrs. Cubley had been living together as man and wife at Sutton-street, York-road, Lambeth. The Court requiring some additional evidence as to the identity of Smith, the case was ordered to stand over. ELLIOTT V. ELLIOTT. This was the petition of Mary Ann Elliott, and prayed for a divorce, on the ground of her husband's cruelty and adultery, and there was no appearance by the respondent. - Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Daly, were counsel for the petitioner. It appeared that the parties were married in 1829, the:petitioner at the time being a teacher of music and the respondent a chemist and druggist. They lived at Bristol for about two years and a half, when the petitioner's business failed in conse quence of his intemperate habits, and he same to London to seek employment, leaving his wife and child at Bristol. For some time subsequently to his departure Mrs. Elliott maintained herself by her professional exertions, but heating that her hus band was leading a profligate life, she gave up her tuitions and came to London with the in tention of reclaiming him if possible. Afterwards they both accepted engagements at theatres in Scot land, the lady being employed as an actress and her husband as a pyrotechnist. They then returned to Bristol, and took a public-house called the Hole-in the-Wall, where they lived for six years, during whiell period she gave birth to three children. The conduct of the respondent was most immoral,.and the alleged ill-treatment continued from the time of the marriage. In 1840 they settled in London and took a cigar shop in Drury-lane, and Mrs. Elliott again resumed her theatrical engagements. She was employed at several of the minor theatres in London, and though her husband was engaged at Astley's and other theatres occasionally, the sup port of the family devolved on her, In addition to the ordinary ill-treatment he insulted her while she was performing, crying out in the theatre, " Ladies and gentlemen, look at that lady; is she not a --. She fainted, and had to be removed from the stage. In 1845 the respondent's conduct be came so bad that Mrs. Elliott found she could not cohabit with him any longer, and they separated. He had since lived with a female, by whom he had four children, and he had not contributed anything to the support of his wife. Mrs. Elliott, the petitioner, was examined, and confirmed the preceding narrative. She stated that the acts of cruelty consisted of pinching and shakily , her violently, th rea t en i ng to mur d er h er and the children while pretending t o be insane. He also threatened to stab her with a spear, and during her confinement with her last child he came home late at night and dragged the clothes off. The consequence was that she and the infant suffered severely.. Catherine Atkinson corroborated the statement as to , certain acts of violence by the respondent to his wife, and to the latter having bruises on her person, which she said resulted front his brutal violence. Sir C. Cresswell considered that the evidence relative to the ill-treatment was scarcely sufficient to establish cruelty in the legal sense, which re quires that the acts complained of should be of a character to render cohabitation dangerous to life or health. Judgment deferred. HUMPIEREY V. HUMPITREY AND AP,RAHAMS. This was the petition of the husband, who keeps a beershop in Chelsea, and prayed for a divorce by , reason of his wife's adultery with the co-respon dent, who pleaded that he did not know she was a married woman when he formed a connexion with her. The respondent admitted the adultery, and recriminated the charge against her husband. Dr. Tristram was connsel for the petitioner, and Dr. Spinks for the respondent. The co-respondent was not represented by counsel. It appeared that the parties, after ten years' co habitation, married in 1856, and lived together until 1158, when the respondent became so intem perate that the petitioner was compelled to separate from her, and made her a weekly allowance. Finding that she continued her drunken habits he stopped this allowance, but was obliged by order of the magistrate to allow her ss. a-week, which he continued to do until he discovered her criminal intercourse with the co-respondent in April, 1859. It further appeared that he treated her very kindly and that she admitted her improper conduct. The case was fully proved and the Court granted decree nisi. A SUBMERGED COAL•FIELD.—A coal-field 30 square miles in extent, on the east side of Newcastle, is now, in mining language, " drowned ;" in other words, there is beneath the surface a lake of 100 fathoms in depth. CAN ANY ONE ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT IS A MAGNET ?—We only know some of its marvellous effects, and admire the ingenuity of those who apply its power to benefi cial uses, for instance, Herring's Magnetic Brushes, &c. Dr. Hassel reports, "I regard them as the most perfect Brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their Magnetical action." They are Tut remedy for Grey Hair, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,-&c. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills 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' OWN GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex pmse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitatiot, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, sinking. fite, bm —"li ohitta ngueetionably the salad guide toilleatth,': • • POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Ian. 28. LAMBETH. -AFFILIATION CASE. - Thomas Rowbottom, a man, apparently 60 years of age, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer to a sum mons to show cause why an order of affiliation should not be made against him for the mainten ance of ti male child, of which he was sworn to be the father. Miss Sarah Harwood deposed that she became acquainted with the defendant in the City, and after drinking with him for two or three times he invited her to see him at his own house, and there the first connexion took place between them. Other connexions took place at the Manor House Gar dens, Walworth, and in a cab on their way to the Canterbury, and she was finally delivered of a male child on the 13th of November last. In cross-examination, the witness, who was young enough to be the grand-daughter of the defendant, admitted that she had more than a drinking acquaintance with three Br four persons, one of them a " nice young man," a policeman, upon whom s he had called at the station-house, where he lived, when she was told he was a married man ; but d en i e d having had any improper intimacy with him under tin; railway arches, though she walked with him close to the arches. She also admitted meeting a " perfect ancl well-dressed gentleman" in the night, and that after drinking Clapham-road one some brandy and ater, she lost all recollec tion of what became of her, and did not get home until three o'clock in the morning. Defendant—Did you not say that a one-eyed gentleman was the father of your child, and that I was too old to be the father.? Witness—l did not say he was the father, but I certainly did say I thought you were too old to he. The witness called to corroborate the statement of the complainant could only say she had seen the parties together several times at the Red Lion, and on one occasion observed them to walk from there towards a mews, the defendant having his arm round the complainant's waist. The defendant said he was willing to get into the witness box, and swear to the fact that he never had connexion with the complainant, and that, there fore, the charge was most unfounded. Some weeks ago he met her by mere accident, when she asked him for some assistance, and on his refusing her she for the first time said she would swear her child to him. He then called a respectable femaie, wbo used to work in the same place with the com plainant, and that witness swore that when sLe first noticed the complainant's pregnancy, she acknowledged to being with ram than one or two young men, but the one-eyed gentleman was the father. On hearing this Mr. Elliott dismissed the summons. WANDSWORTIL—SERIOUS CASE OF STAB BING.—George Parsons, a labourer, living in Port land-street, Wandsiit'orth-road, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged w..'.th stabbing John Price, a bricklayer, with a clasp knY°., The following medical certit cate was appended to the police-sheet : " Monday, I t o. 28, 1861. " This is to certify that, I am atteDdlog John Price, who received an incised wound in the back of the shoulder. He is going on favourably, but I cannot give a positive opinion at present. " J. JONES, Surgeon." Charles Gilroy, a boiler maker, deposed that about ten minutes to three o'clock on Sun day afternoon he went into the Surrey Arms beer shop , Spring-place, Wandsworth-road, where he .heard the prisoner and Price having some words abou't a quarrel they had on the previous night. Prit'e challenged the other to fight, but he declined, and then Price said he would have it out with him another day. At the closing of the house at three o'clock Price went home and put on his jacket. He followed the prisoner and again challenged him to fight. The prisoner said he would not, upon which Price pushed him in his face, and the prisoner then made a blow at him. Price struck him with his right hand, and witness called out to him not to hit the prisoner as he had got a knife open in his hand. Price again struck him, upon which the prisoner drew the knife and stabbed him: The prisoner had the knife in his right hand, and caught him round in the back. Price threw him down, and also struck the prisoner in the face while in that position. Another man took the knife from the prisoner, and after he rose Price said, " I have got it," and put his hand to his back. He was taken home, and witness assisted in undressing him. There was a wound in his back, and it bled profusely. Dr. Jones was called in and dressed the wound. In answer to questions from the bench, the wit ness said he did not know where the prisoner took the knife from. He did not see the knife before the quarrel took place. The prisoner entered into a defence, and said that Price pushed his fist in his face in the beer shop, end wee for 20 rainutpla trying to make him fight. He told him he was not fit, as he was full of drink. While outside he had his knife open in his hand scraping his nails, when Price came up and said he would make him fight. He struck him (the prisoner), and if Price received a slab it must have been in the fall. The witness was then recalled, and he stated that Price was striking the prisoner, when he threw his arm round and stabbed him. At the request of the prisoner, a young man named George Attwood was called as a witness. After describing what took place at the beer-shop, he said Price went after the prisoner and declared he would have it out with him. He struck the prisoner on both sides of the head and knocked him down, and also struck him while on the ground. While Price was striking him he by some means met with the misfortune. Mr. Ingham questioned him, and he stated that he did not see Price stabbed. The prisoner said he had the knife in his hand, and if he did not keep away he must defend himself. He could not say from where he took the knife, but the first time he saw it was when Price struck him the second time. The prisoner said he never offered to use the knife. Inspector Bushnell produced the clasp-knife, which was rather long in the blade and sharp at the point. Mr. Ingham inquired when the wounded man could attend. _ Inspector Bushnell said in a week. Mr. Ingham then remanded the prisoner until to-morrow (this day) week. The prisoner asked his worship if he would take bail. ~ Mr. Ingham said if he could find two sureties in £2O each he would accept them. A SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. At the Brentford Petty Sessions on Saturday, the Rev. Dr. Giles, curate of the rural parish of Perivale, in the county of Middlesex, appeared before Armstrong and a bench of magistrates, to answer the summons of his churchwarden, Mr. Collins, charging with him with feloniously steal ing a leaden coffin and converting the same to his use. The simple facts of the case were these : Some months ago, while digging in Perivale churchyard for a grave, they came accidentally upon a leaden coffin. It was removed, and found to contain only a few human bones and some pieces of decayed wood. A plate was discovered ont• side the coffin, with the following inscription : " Elizabeth Bolas. died October, 1793." The coffin was deposited in the belfry of the church, where it remained until a few weeks since, when the defendant sold it as old lead for £1 6s. The remains found in the coffin were carefully collected at the time, and buried in the ground. The church warden finding that the coffin had been sold, placed the matter in the hands of the police, and it was subsequently traced to a marine-store dealer's in Hammersmith. It may also be stated that Perivale is an exceedingly picturesque, but very small parish, and contains only five houses, the whole of which are inhabited by the clergyman and parochial officers. As a consequence, the funerals in the churchyard are very rare. The defendant took possession of the plate upon the coffin, and had with the proceeds of the sale caused it to be inserted in a tablet, which he intended to have placed in the church. It also transpired that the rev. gentleman had obtained the consent of the rector to dispose of the coffin as he might please. An attempt had been made to obtain a clue to the executors or friends of the deceased woman, and advertisements had been inserted in the papers by the churchwarden, but without any success. Mr. Sleigh opened the case, and contended that a felony had been committed. He also argued that any person could be the prosecutor. The Bench, without hearing the evidence, decided that they had no jurisdiction, and left the church. warden to bring an action for trespass, or to take proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court. The summons was dismissed, the rev. gentleman stating that he had a complete answer to the case. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -11 ollpway ' s Pills. — Life's Grand Bane.—lndigestion, dyspepsia, or disordered stomach are morn or less the companions of most men whos e ti me is oc cupied by literary, legal, or commercial pursuits, which prevent the outdoor exercise essential t o h ea l th. This last is increased in winter in females and all whom the weather makes prisoners. Holloway's pills have l ong b een f ame d as the easiest, safest, and certain corrector o f wea k s t omac h s , disordered livers, or torpid bowels. They ensure a healthy action throughout the alimentary canals without distress ing or debilitating the syst em. They are the most efficient yet painless antidotes of all visceral disturbances; thar stimulate, moderate, or repress any unexceptionable. fune tion ; they make the digestion the WO Yigor9wi • good, the body strong, tad - 7 PROPOSED NEW STREET. Immedif htely in the rear of the present National ,re situated the Workhou s e of St. Martin ields—a large square block of old build ings ,E - tanding on an acre and half a rood of gr ou nd iG—natislbl:l e t.Y ti nd the Foot Guards' Barracks, occupying an are a somewhat larger. Both of these the design hei 'e put forth contemplates the removal of by the Government for the purpose of the National Galle:ry. Together, these sites form an oblong ; duped plot, exactly corresponding in length with the pi •esent Gallery, and in average width about on e-third its length. The workhouse abuts to the not •th .on the street called Hemming's-row ; the bar rac ics on another narrow thoroughfare, called Ora nge-street. These two streets are in a direct line.. The plan proposes to widen these out to form a portion of the new street by about 40 feet taken froi n the workhouse site, aid a similar slice from Ithe bar rack-yard ; the whole of the houses, &c., on the north side, as well as the artesian well, pumping engine -house, and the baths and washhouses, to r emain. And thus, with King William-street and Ciandos-street, already is existence, two-thirds of the , new line are completed without the expense of dist lirbing a single brick, or laving one.. From the nort Ix-western corner of the barrack-yard the pro posed line bends in a north-westernly direction, taking,• the form of a cres c ent, d r i ven through ()raw s-street Chapel, and through a small square block o, F buildings that is bounded by Orange-stieet, St. Ma. rtin's-street, Whitcomb-street, and Spur street, et verging into P r i nces - s t ree t a t th e north west an g. le of the bl oc k, f rom w h ence 20 0 f eet o f Princes- street, widened out on its east side, forms the conitinuotion to the . junction with Coventry street. Coventry-street le to be widened out to the uniform 'width of 70 feet—an indispensable feature in the de sign—by the houses on its south side being set back :20 feet, the south-east angle of the street being given a circular sweep, gradually sloping to range with the houses of the west side of Princes street at Whitcomb-court. The line may be consi dered to commence on the east at the point where King William-street diverges from the Strand, and to terminate at the corner of the upper end of the Haymarket, a length of about 2,200 feet, and as compared with the Pall-mall East route, will effect a saving in distance of about one quarter of the whole' ; and the line being also of much less steep gradients, viz., 10 feet only of fall is an incline of 1,0 00 feet, the remainder of the line being a pet foot level ; whilst the Haymarket alone, which i s jus t 2,000 feet long, gives a fall of 29 feet, and. nt-street route by Waterloo-place, 32 f e et. Ithtewnege will, thorefore, necessarily become the main trunk line of comi.nunieation between the City and the West (via the ,:Strand), and act to the effect of draw : ing off from West Strand all the western "through" traffic, by which--together with the additional great converging line of approach thereto which the new street will open out—the new terminus at Hungerford will be given mach improved general facility of access. The latter a matter of no slight import, viewed in referonce to the convenience, comfort, and safety of the public.—Builder. COUNTRY MA BEETS. * NORTHAMPTON-lAN. 26. At this corn-market the wheat supply was rather large, with an inactive demand, prices ranging from 63s to 69s for old, and 47s to 63s for 'new. In barley a good business, malting 38s to 455, grinding 32s to 36s ?per qr. Oats is small supply, and prices as before—quoted at 24s to 408 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 565; peas, 40s to 625. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 68s to 728 ; flour, 33s to 34s per pack COLCHESTER-JAN. 26. A large supply of wheat, but the condition was wretched from t. he c.bange of weather. Trade inaotive. Wheat, w h i le 6os to 68s 1 Beans, Mazagaz l ..36s to 42s red. 44s to 60s 1 Middle & small 44s to 50s , 405 to 48s I White peas 48s to 62s ..-5 to —s I Grey.. 42d to 485 .. Boaartsley eIIi7LMSFI ato—JAN. 25. A large number of "'DIP ] many out of condition tha Spring corn stationary, wl.th Wheat, white '39s to 6.14 red 48s to 601 1 Barley 31s to 43s Chevalier 3ss to 47s Grinding 30s to 39s Malt 61s to 67s Chevalier 64s to 69s Oats 26s to 31s les of wheat on offer, but so A few buyers could be found. little business doing. I Peas, Partridge 43a to 44s 1 White 43s to 46s Boiling 43s to 47s Dun 39s to 42s Beans, Tick 3Bs to 46s Harrow Ticks 39s to 493 Mazagan 32s to 43s KIRKALDY-JAN. 26. We had only moderate supplies to-day of wheat and barley, but fair of oats. Last week's rates receded is to 2s on wheat, and barley was in favour of sellers; oats is dearer. Wheat Barley Oats .. Ude mi 21n M 24st Od Second.. 39s Od 40s Od 30s Od Third .. 58s Od 44s Od 328 Od COAL MARK . (Prices of ,Coal per Ton at 6. d. ET—JAN. 28. the close of the market Walls End. Byass's Bebside Hartley... l6 9 Davison's West Hart ley ....17 0 Hastings Hartley ....17 0 Bower's West Hartley.l7 0 Lambert's West Hart- s. d. I Harton Hedley 19 6 ) Hartlepool.... Thorpe .. ..19 6 Hey ton .. 2l 0 Tunsi: 11l Kelloo . Whitwort.l l7 0 Cassop .• .. 20 0 Haswell .... . • 21 0 South Hetton 21 0 Northumberland 18 3 Riddell . 19 0 Framwellgate 19 0 Acorn Close 19 0 ;t, 180 ; sold, 62. ley 16 6 Bell's Primrose l5 0 Benton's West Hartieyl6 0 Carway and Duffryn. _ Malting .. 24 Tanfield Moor 17 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 6 Eden Main l9 0 H a swell Gas. Ships at marke t !HER MAJESTY AND THE COVENTRY DISTRESS. —Her Majesty, besides giving a liberal donation to the starving Coventry weavers, and also selecting various ape mans of their skill, has just communicated the pattern of a riband of Chinese taste and manufacture found in the Summer Palace at Pekin, and ordered some pieces to be woven in the distressed district for her own especial use. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We quote some more interesting cures without medicine by Du Barry's delicious revalenta. arabica food. Cure No. 49,832.—Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk—Fifty years indescribable agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent revalenta arabies food---Maria Joly. Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years cough, indigestion, and general debility, have been removed by Du. Barry's excellent revalenta arabica food—James Porter. Athol-street, Perth. Cure 47,121—Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing vice age, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervoustl 9 ss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, andn (i.te ervo a us ac it i Z ies. Cure 48,314—Miss Eliza beth Yeoman, near Liverpool: a cure of tea years dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. 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, removmg effectually, withclut Ftwgingf constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Ant'rew 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 varieiy 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 Arabia Food and that Au 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. ; 61b. 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 Ca. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-stree,t City ; at 127, High Holborn and all grocers BIRTHS. BRIGHT.—On the 27th inst., at 12, Upper Hyde-park gardens, Lady Bright, of a daughter. PORTEIL—On the 27th inst., at 12, Denbigh-place, S.W., the wife of Neale Porter, Esq., of a daughter. STAMFORD.—On the 28th inst., at 4, Warwick-villas, Pad dington, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel H. Stamford, of a son. MARRIAGES. LANGENBERG—SEYMOUR.-0; The . 26th inst., at St. Peter's, Eaton -square, H. S. H. Prince Victor of 1 . 10- henlohe Lang en b erg, Capt. R.N., to Laura Wilhanuna, the youngest daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, G.C.B. WAKE — MANGLES.—On the 26th inst., at Stoke-next- Guildford, Edw ar d Baldwin Wake, Esq., of 3d Bengal Light Cavalry, younger son of Sir Charles Wake, Bart., of Court een H a ll, N or thamptonshire, to Mary, second daughter of Ross Donnelly Mangle!, Esq., of Wood bridge, Surrey, Member of the Council of adia. DEATHS. CAZENOVE.—On the 27th inst., at New Brighton, James Cazenovo, Esq., aged 77. DENHAM.—On the 26th inst., at 8, New-inn, Strand, the Rev. Joshua Frederick Denham, MA., rector of St. Grafton-street, Soho, Fu M os ar r Y .-- 'Ble Mr. Win. Frost, aged 63. G ODF REY.—On the 26 th inst., at Br oo k e H ouse , A s h nex t - 0r : Stthrean2d, 26th hge6d inst., 60 a t 17, a magistrate and deputy lieut.LAruu.—On the 27th inst., a t S ur bi ton - par k , M'G regor S a n dw f i o c r h t , he Johne county Godfrey, t o r f e yx, Kent, age d 72. Laird, Esq., late of Brighton, aged 52. POOLE.—On the 28th inst., at Hampstead-road, T. Poole, Esq., aged 51. LONDON : Printed and Published by DITJRDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tus Sun Office, No. 112,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of_Middleeez Tueisitsi• Jailuary 29, 11 Si Lo P( ][3(