The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-01 00:00:00

Tile NA VI. Rumours have been current for the past week that the Princess Royal, 91, screw, fitting out at Portsmouth as flagship of Rear-Admiral Smart, Commander-in -Chief of the Channel Fleet, was in so rotten a state that the Revenge, 91, screw steamer, at Devonport, was about to be substituted for her. This is contradicted by the authorities at Portsmouth, where, whatever may be the ship's condition, no steps have been taken to examine into it since she received a new stern in No. 1 dock sub sequently to her last commission. Rear-Admiral Smart hoisted his flag on board yesterday. Mr. John Davey, inspector of machinery afloat, has also joined the ship for service with the Channel Fleet. The Immortalite, 51, screw, Capt. G. Hancock, is ordered to receive stragglers belonging to the ships of Itear•Admiral Erskine's division of the Channel Fleet, for conveyance from Spithead to Lisbon. Should all the stragglers be recovered, the Immor talite will scarcely find room to stow them. The Stork gunboat to the Excellent gunneryship at Portsmouth, went out of harbour on Tuesday, and steamed to the back of the Wight to test her breech-loading guns. During yesterday and Wed nesday she has taken up a position off the Sirius, up Portsmouth harbour, for the purpose of testing the Armstrong and Whitworth guns against a plate from the sides of the Trusty. It is rumoured at Devonport that Capt. Henry Broadhead, now in command of the screw steam ship Donegal, 101, 800 horse power, one of the Channel Squadron, is likely to be appointed to the screw steamship Warrior, 36, of 1,250 horse power, at Sheerness. The gunboat Hind, tender to the coastguard steamship Russell, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, at Fal mouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday afternoon with some seamen, and went up Hamoazo. The banjo of the propeller of the screw steam ship Hero, 91, Capt. Ryder, in Keyham steamyard, has been patched, and she will shortly be removed from No. 3 dock. Steam was got up yesterday (Thursday) morning on board the screw steam frigate Narcissus, 50, Capt. Risk, in the basin at Keyham steamyard, to try her machinery. The gunboat Porpoise, 3, was hauled yesterday into Keyham steamyard, to have her air pump and condensers overhauled and repaired. The naval apprentices' brig Nautilus, 6, Lieut. B. Grant, was hauled into No. 4 dock at Devon port dockyard. _ _ The gunboat Redwing, tender to the gunnery ship Cambridge, 42, Capt. A. Jerningham, in Hamoaze, took one of her customary tripe into Xiymouth Sound yesterday for practice with the Armstrong gun. The boys belonging to the training ship Impla- cable, 24, Commander J. W. Dorville, in Hamoaze, were exercised yesterday, sending up royal and topgallant yards, loosening sail, &c. Commanders J. Dorville, E. D'O. D'A. Aplin, J. J. S. Josling, and W. Bowden have been promoted to the rank of Captain ; Lieuts. E. L. Strang ways, W. T. F. Jackson, E. E. Maunsell, T. A. Swin burne, W. H. Phipps, J. Murray, R. H. Burton, W. F. Ruxton, T. L. Ward, and J. S. Hudson have been promoted to the rank of Commanders. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander S. B. Dolling to the Implacable, vice Dorville, promoted; and E. Dyer, clerk, to the Princess Royal. TBE ARMY. Col. Alexander Anderson, Commandant of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marine Light In fantry, hail resumed the command of his division, on retnrn from leave of absence. The following officers from the Indian Military College at Addiscombe, who have just been ga zetted to commissions in the corps of Engineers, are ordered to join the head-quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment at Chatham this morning as Royal Engineers, and not as Indian Engineers, as formerly :—Lieuts. A. Hill, F. W. Nixon, E. J. Castle, K. C. Pye, R. Brockman, A. A. Jopp, R. J. M'Clure, W. A. Wallace, and R. Blood. The official inspection of the Bedfordshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, prior to their leav ing their quarters for disembodiment, took place on the parade-ground of Colewort Barracks, Ports mouth, yesterday. The regiment was drawn up in line on the parade• ground, and received the inspect ing officer, Lord W. Paulett, C. 8., Lieut.-Governor of the garrison, and commanding the South-West dtstrict, with the usual honours. The regiment was commanded by Major Judd, in the absence of Col. Gilpin, M.P., who was prevented being present in consequence of being one of the sufferers, but in no severe degree, by the late railway accident near Wimbledon. After inspecting the men, Lord Paulett, addressing the commanding officer, said, — I extremely regret losing the services of so fine a regiment as the Bedfordshire Light Infantry. I am sorry that Col. Gilpin is not present, and learn with regret that his absence is occasioned by a severe railway accident, and that he can only return to march his regiment home. It was not my intention to take my leave of you so early, but official duties call me to London, and I shall not return until it would be too late for the purpose. The very high state of efficiency of the corps is eminently creditable to all, from the commanding officer to the private, and shows that all have worked together to promote the interests of the service. The soldierlike appear ance and discipline of the Bedford is unrivalled, and their general good conduct has become a house hold word in Portsmouth. No regiment has ever behaved itself in a more orderly manner, and I tell you you are a most respectable body of men. The chief magistrate of this town is an old and expe rienced soldier, and the character he gives you is unexampled in this garrison. I cannot let this op portunity pass by without speaking in terms of high commendation of Capt. and Adjt. Toseland. I knew him in the Crimea when he was Adjt. of the 33d, and when I had the honour of command ing the Light Division. A more zealous or merito rious officer is not in the service. The Parliamentary duties of your colonels have subjected you to many changes of commanding officers, but you have al. ways had an efficient one, and Captain Toseland's ability and unwearied zeal have always ensured the highest state of efficiency to the corps. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the Bed ford, you are a regiment that your country and county ought to be proud of, and I feel assured that the reception you will meet with in Bedford on your return will be worthy your high character. The good wishes of the inhabitants of Portsmouth will, lam sure, accompany you. I wish you all success in procuring employment on being disembodied, and trust every man will do well. The regiment will proceed to Bedford on Thurs day next. TEE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLES A general meeting of this corps was held last night in the Floral Hall, Covent-garden, with re spect to the recent appointment of 14 non-commis sioned officers. Lord Elcho, the colonel of the regi ment, presided, and at great length explained the principles on which the election of the officers had been conducted. A protracted discussion followed, which lasted until nearly midnight, and in which Professor Mason and other gentlemen took a promi nent part. The question at issue resolved itself into this—whether the members of the corps should have the nomination and appo i ntment of the non commissioned officers, or whether the ultimate deci sion should rest with the commanding officer. In the course of the opening speech of Lord Etcho he clearly showed by reference to the act under which the volunteer corps are enrolled and by the rules bind ing upon the Scottish Rifles, that the commanding officer, being directly responsible to Government for the efficiency of the corps, had practically unlimited and uncontrolled power in the appointment of the officers, upon whose efficiency that of the regiment itself depended. Anxious, however, to consult the feelings and wishes of the gen ntlemen he had the honour to com mand, he had, previous to the late election, consulted with the greatest anxiety and with the most sincere desire to promote concord and effec tiveness, the most experienced members of the corps, and, as the result of that consultation and conside ration, had issued a list of names nomina ed by the various companies of the regiment, mer !y italicis ing, as commanding officer, those whom he thought most deserving of promotion. The I , suit was the election by vote of the following gentlemen to be non-commissioned officers alphabetically arranged, the last number showing the company to which they belong : Company. Company. Aitchison, Sergeant 6 I Fotheringham, Sergt.... 1 Brown, Sergeant.. 4 Macconochie, Sergeant .. 5 Cameron, Sergeant 2 1 Masson 5 Campbell, Sergeant - Dunlop (C. 8.) 1 Murdoch, Corporal 5 Edward (Indian medals) 1 Oliver, Sergeant 1 Ferguson 6 Pringle, Sergeant .. 6 Mr. FENWICK—How many voted ? Lord ELCHO-276. Mr. FENWICK—Out 0 850 ? Lord ELCHO—That was not his business. It was open to every member to vote, and the unani mity of the corps in the election• was shown in the fact that in the first list of 30 nominations issued, there were 10 approved of by himself and the Council, and in the final list of 14 appointed, nine names were italicised by the commanding officer. (Cheers.) Under any system whatever there must be heartburnings and jealousies on this question. When there were many applicants for places, and only a few places to be filled, disappointment must follow, and when those so disappointed communi cated their feelings to their friends, of course dis content was spread, however small the grounds for this discontent might originally have been. In his position of commanding officer he had two duties to perform—one was his duty to the Government, a duty rigidly defined by the law; the other to promote to the utmost extent in his power the harmony and the efficiency of the body under his command. To any regular, constitutional, and proper expression of the sentiments and feelings of the regiment he was always ready to listen, and although a memorial signed by 80 members out of 850 of the effective strength of the regiment had been sent to him after it had first appeared in a daily newspaper, he was not indisposed to discuss the question either in that general meeting, or with a deputation appointed by it. A lengthened discussion followed, which termi nated in the rejection, by a large majority, of a motion to appoint a deputation to wait on the commanding officer. The noble lord then said that anonymous letters had been published in a morning journal affecting his conduct as a com manding officer. That was a breach of discipline which he intended to bring before a court of inquiry if he could find the writer, and it would also be his duty to institute an inquiry as to the originator of the irregular memorial to which he had referred. He should be happy to see any one as to the best mode of officering the regiment in future if they came to him in a regular manner; but it must be understood distinctly that he would stand by the last appointments. (Cheers.) The protracted proceedings terminated by the noble lord and the leading malcontents shaking hands together very cordially, by three cheers for Lord Eloho, and three more for the London Scottish Rifles. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY. The following is a more extended report of the concluding portion of the inquest than appeared in The Sun of yesterday : Mr. F. Hohler, of Kingston, said he left the Waterloo Station by the 5.15 train—the train that followed the 5.10. At the Epsom junction they were stopped by two danger signals. They were both alight, and the train therefore came to a dead stop close to the second light. Heard a man call out there had been a frightful accident a little below, and he at once jumped out and ran on to the junction to render what assistance he could. He got a light, and after helping some persons, went forward with two porters. There was a first-class carriage turned over between the up .and down lines. One of the porters called " Good gracious ! here is a man under here." Witness looked under, and saw the body of a man underneath. Witness could only see his bead and shoulders, as a railway mat was over the rest of.the body. The deceased man was lying on his face, and the whole weight of the carriage rested on the back of his head and body. A door of the carriage was forced off and lying near his feet, which were covered with the sand and ballast. Witness helped to turn over the carriage, and a gentleman stepped forward and felt the deceased's head, and said that death must have been instantaneous. The carriage under which de ceased was found was the only carriage which had fallen upon the six-foot way. The others had turned to the left and gone over the bank. Deceased, when found, was lying with his head up towards London, and witness was sure his legs and the lower part of his body was quite covered by the gravel and bal last which had been torn up by the can iage leaving the rails and thrown over it. Witness took the door which had been forced off and a cushion, and helped to place the body on them. That was the body the jury had seen that day. George Wyld, M.D., examined—l live at 12, Great Cumberland-street, St.Marylebone. On Mon day afternoon last I was a passenger by the 5.10 train to Guildford. I travelled in the middle com partment of a first-class carriage marked " Guild ford." I took my seat in the right-hand corner, with my back to the engine. I believe the carriage was about the middle of the train. I did not notice any guard's van attached to the train as I entered the carriage; but I can state that after the accident I saw no guard's van behind us. Two other gen tlemen entered the same carriage that 1 rode in, one of whom took his seat on my right hand in the corner, leaving a seat vacant between himself and me, and the other took the diagonal corner, oppo site my first fellow passenger. I observed that the gentleman who occupied the diagonal corner was of dark complexion and pale, and that immediately on taking his seat he covered his face with a white cambric handkerchief, as if intending to sleep. I took no further notice of him until I felt a certain bumping. I should have thought very little of this bumping, but having been in the accident at Hitchin in September, 1859, I knew very well that it indicated something wrong. I felt that it was utterly useless to move, and I therefore sat fast in the corner. I then perceived the gentleman in the diagonal corner stagger to his feet, apparently con fused and only half awake. The next moment the carriage began to heel over towards my side, and I instinctively seized hold of the partition between the seats with my left hand. I looked to the left and almost momentarily saw the ground through a hole or chasm in the carriage. Immediately after wards the gentleman who had been in the diagonal corner fell backwards, his knees being drawn up towards his head, while his hands, instead of being convulsively extended, were held up about a foot from his face. I observed that his face was per fectly calm, wearing no expression of fear or pain. On falling, he instantly disappeared through the chasm. Whether the aperture was caused by the door being open or the side of the carriage driven out I could not tell ; but the carriage was falling at the time and was very near the ground. I did not hear the gentleman utter a cry or a sound. My believe is that, not being qu it e awa k e w h en th e accident b egan , he rose up hurriedly and was precipitated through the chasm. I cannot say how far the carriage went, but my impression is that it must have caught him up and ground him on the gravel. I saw no attempt made by anybody in the carriage to open the door, and I don t believe that it was opened by the act of any passenger. I cannot say positively whether the window on my side was down, but think most likely it was so. The window, however, was not large enough to let a man through, and I think he must have fallen out through the doorway. He pa T ss h e e d Coroner —Does not this evidence negative the idea which has been put forward, Mr. Bedford, as to the deceased having thrown himself out of the carriage. Mr. Bedford —Certainly I have not given any countenance to such a report ; I have complained that it should ever have been circulated. Nlr. Dalrymple (solicitor for the railway cm pany)— I think it is su ffi ciently clear that the door of the carri ige must have been wrenched off, but as this unfortunate gentleman was found under neath the carriage it was at first supposed that he had been in the act of getting out of it when it fell over. If any member of Dr. Baly's family has been pained by the statement of the secretary of the company on that point, I am sure Mr. Crombie is sorry that he made it. It was the natural infe rence he drew from the information given to him at the time. Dr. Wyld's examination continued—l cannot tell whether the door on my side of the carriage had been locked or not. I did not observe any officer of the company lock it. I have no doubt now that the deceased was the person who sat in the diagonal compartment. I got out myself through the window, which became the roof of the carriage when it had upset, and I said to my other fellow-passengers, " God bless us ! Did you see that man go through the hole ? he must have been crushed." I then went and saw the people who were wounded, and did what I could to assist them. I next proceeded to the carriage in which I had travelled, but I could eiscover no one under it. I went and told the officers of the company that a gentleman had fallen through that carriage. They many observations, but instituted no exami nation as to the fact. Some one standing near said, " Oh! that gentleman is all right ; we have seen him." Dr. Weld's examination being now concluded, The Coroner said he had received an intimation that the third passenger who was in the same car riage with the deceased was too ill to attend the in quiry that day. A gentleman named Geach, who was travelling at the time of the accident in the next compartment of the carriage occupied by Dr. Baly, here stated that it was totally impos..ible for that gentleman to have made any attempt to get out, the catas• trophe having occurred so quickly after the first shock. The Coroner—Such a notion has already been sufficiently disproved; but even if it had been true, it would have implied no reflection against the deceased, who might naturally have been much excited at such a moment. A friend of Dr. Baly's who accompanied Mr. Bedford complained that the secretary of the com pany had written a letter to the Times, stating that if the deceased had kept his seat he would not have lost his life. Captain Mangles (a director of the company) said he was not aware of the publication of any letter containing such words. [The passage of Mr. Crombie's letter here referred to is as follows :—" By this unfortunate accident I am sorry to say one passenger has lost his life, apparently from having attempted to get out of the carriage before the train came to a stand, and two others have sustained serious personal injury."] The inquiry having been formally adjourned till this day week the jury proceeded to view the scene of the accident,'of which and the fragments of the carriages scattered over the embankments they made a long and careful examination, in which they were assisted by Colonel Yolland and Mr. Beattie, of the South-Western Railway. There is nothing to add to the description of this sad scene which appeared in our columns of yesterday. The trace of one carriage being off the line is very distinct before the junction is reached, and at the points there is evidence of a carriage having gone off on the left side and got on the rails again. After passing the points it would seem that nearly all the carriages must have been off the rails, and at the bridge they went over the embankment one after the other. The flange of one of the right hand wheels of the tender has been forccd.back for at least an inch or more over half the diameter of the wheel ; but whether this was the cause or the effect of the accident remains to be seen. L.4W INTELLIGENCE, Jan. 31. -COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRINIO NIAL CAUSES. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) STURGE V. STURGE AND MELLI 3. Mr. Field appeared for the petitioner; Mr. Karslake for the respondent; and Mr. Thrupp for the co-respondent. The case was part heard on Tuesday, and ad journed for further evidence as to the charge of adultery and as to identity. The petition was by a husband, and both the co-respondent had filed answers denying the adultery charged, pleading condonation and connivance, and recriminating. Evidence had been given of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Sturge in February, 1832, and of their subsequent cohabition at Bristol, where Mr. Sturge carried on the business of a musical instrument maker and mender. They had several children, of whom one only survives. In June, 1858, the co respondent Mellis, who was described as a com positor, went to lodge with Mr. and Mrs. Sturge, and remained with them until January, 1859. Shortly after ho went away Mrs. Sturge left her husband's house, and had since lived with him as his wife at Stonehouse. Martha Thomas was one of the witnesses called on behalf of the petitioner. She stated that she was formerly a needlewoman ; that, in March, 1859, she was at work at Bristol, and, hearing that Sturge was looking out for a person to take charge of his shop, she applied for the situation, and he engaged her at a salary of £l2 a year to assist in the shop and take care of the child, a boy 11 years of age. In October, 1859, two tipsy women came to the shop, one of whom she believed was Mrs. Sturge. The woman asked her whether she was Mrs. Sturge. She replied that she was not, and she should be very sorry to be Mrs. Sturge. She used to sleep at the house of Mrs. Bryant, her sister, who lived in Itatcliff-street. Sturge was then living in Park-place, and she was in the habit of going at eight in the morning to dress the boy, of taking her breakfast there with Sturge, of having her other meals there, and of staying till 10 or 11 at night. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Kars lake, who elicited from her that Sturge, after he left Park-place, occupied lodgings, consisting only of a bed-room and sitting-room, and that she was in the habit of keeping her bonnet and a frock in the bed-room, and of changing her frock there when she had done her work. She positively denied that she had ever been in or on the bed. She left in October, 1859, and came to stay with an aunt in London for about six weeks. She then returned to Bristol on her own private business. She met the little boy by accident in the Broadmead, and went with him to see Sturge, who re-engaged her. She had continued with him down to the present time. He never called her Mrs. Sturge. He and the little hoy called her " Sarah Ann." In re-examination, the witness said that she had never had any improper intimacy with Mr. Sturge. Mr. Karslake, for the respondent, called Eliza Sturge, the petitioner's niece. She said that Mrs. Sturge left her home in January, 1859. She then went to look after Sturge's house from time to time, and to take care of the little boy. There were a sitting-room and three bedrooms in the house. One evening, about three weeks after Mrs. Sturge left, Martha Thomas and another woman went to the house, and had supper with Sturge. He told her that Thomas was Sarah Ann Dodsworth, from Plymouth. She left Thomas there that night, and found her there when she went back at 8 o'clock next morning. She saw she was not required any longer, and went away. Whenever she went to the house afterwards she saw Thomas there. Sturge moved from Park place to St. James's-churchyard. He occupied two rooms—a bedroom and a sitting-room, communi cating by folding doors. About half-past 8 one morning, when she called at the house, she saw Thomas in the bed undressed. Sturge was getting breakfast ready. She went into the bedroom. Sturge called out to Thomas, " Come, old girl, it's time to get up ; breakfast is ready !" She then went away to her business. The little boy was there in his night-dress. Sturge afterwards moved to the Horse-fair, where he had two bed rooms and a sitting-room. She saw Thomas there. Thomas's gown and mantle were kept in the bedroom. He next lived in the Arcade, and Thomas remained with him. In October, 1859, Mrs. Sturge went back to Bristol, and remained about a week. Thomas then left Sturge's house. After Mrs. Sturge left Bristol she went to Sturge's house in the Arcade. Sturge said he had given his wife a sovereign and sent her off to Mellis, because he could not make herself happy. He also showed fier his wife's linen which had come from the wash, and said he was goinc , to send it off to her. She then went and looked after the house for a fort night. Sturge then said he expected "Sarah Ann" back from London. A few days after " Sarah Ann," or Thomas, came back. Sarah Ann had remained with Sturge ever since. In cross examination the witness admitted she was now on bad terms with Sturge. Mr. Karslake submitted that upon this evidence the pleas of condonation and connivance had been established. Even if it had not, there could be no doubt that the counter charge of adultery had been proved against the petitioner. Mr. Field contended that the unsupported evi denee of one witness as to a conversation was not sufficient to establish the charges of connivance and condonation. As to the counter charge of adultery, it was disproved by the evidence of Thomas. Con • sidering the position in life of the parties, it could not be presumed from the circumstances she had stated that an improper intimacy had been formed between them, and the charge, therefore, rested upon the evidence of Eliza Sturge. It was very improbable that she and her parents should have continued upon intimate terms with Sturge if she , had seen Thomas in Sturge's bed. In the absence of corroborative evidence the Court ought not to act upon that statement. The Judge Ordinary said there was no doubt that the charge of adultery against the respondent and the co-respondent had been established. He next had to consider whether the charge of adultery against the petitioner had been established. His lordship referred to the evidence of Thomas, and observed that the course of events, as stated by her, was s ingular. The petitioner must have been perfectly well aware th at adulter y with that y o ung behavedw woman veryan was very unkindly to her in omitting to call imputed to him, and he had certainly her sister, who might have giv e n such stron g con firmation of her story if it was true. It was at least and late at night in the house of A man who wa s suspicious that she should be early in the morning, THE SLIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1861. known to be living apart from his wife. The world was so very uncharitable that it would naturally surmise that there was some improper connexion between them. There was, therefore, no great im probability in the story told by Eli Z-1, Sturge. It appeared that Sturge had communicated either to Thomas or to her sister that he was separated from his wife, and that one of them had asked whether the separation was mutual. He was afraid it was not uncommon among the humbler classes of this country when a husband and wife parted by mutual consent for each of them to think that he or she was at liberty to take another husband or wife, and that others did not .think much of going to live with one of them in that capacity. In this case Thomas remained with the petitioner until his wife came back ; she then went to London, and as soon as the wife went away again she returned to him. She did not give by any means a satisfactory account of the business which took her to London, or of her reasons for returning to Bristol. Could any reason able man doubt, under these circumstances, that the story told by Eliza Sturge was a true one ? It had been argued that it was improbable that she and her parents should have continued their inti macy with Sturge if they had discovered his inti macy with Thomas. After the unhappy experience he had had in this court, he saw no improbability in such a state of things. It was in the commoncourse of events. One of the evils which might hereafter result from the facility with which marriages were dissolved was that, in a certain class of life, women who committed adultery and afterwards married the adulterer would to just as well received as if they were perfectly pure. He was afraid that women would become more reckless in deserting their husbands when they found that they were received with facility into the society of the class to which they belonged after they were married to their paramours. lie also thought that there was evidence of connivance on the part of the husband. On the two grounds, therefore, that the husband had been guilty of connivance, and that he had himself committed adultery, the petition must be dismissed. S3IITH V. SMITH. Mr. A. Staveley Hill appeared for the petitioner. Henry Smith, the petitioner, is an omnibus driver, and he was married to the respondent, then Elizabeth Guthrie, at St. Pancras Church, in February, 1848. They lived together in different parts of London until 1854. In the June of that year Mrs. Smith left the petitioner's house, and took lodgings under a false name in another part of the town. She there received the visits of several gentlemen. On one occasion the landlady discovered that she had allowed a gentleman to pass the night with her, and immediately sent her out of the house. Decree nisi granted for the dissolution of the marriage. STRETTON T. STRETTON. Mr. F. H. Lewis appeared for the petitioner. The marriage in this case took place in March, 1854, and the cohabitation continued until the middle of 1857. The petitioner was a pork butcher in Lambeth. The respondent was a woman of drunken and dissipated habits, and it was proved that since the separation she had led a life of pro- E tit ut ion . Decree nisi granted, dissolving the marriage. CEN7AAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Jan. 31. OLD COURT. (Before .the Recorder.) Henry Hart, an elderly man, who was stated to be an attorney, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Ernest Jones conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Taylor were counsel for the defendant. The prosecutor in this ease was Mr. Merton, the landlord of the Castle publichonse, in Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and the charge against the defendant was preferred under the following circumstances :—lt. seemed that he carried on his profession in the neighbourhood of the prosecutor's house, and that he was in the habit of frequenting the Castle, and was on somewhat friendly terms with Mr. Merton. In October Mr. Merton had re• ceived a bill for £23 10s. from a lodger who was indebted to him, and a few days before it became due the defendant asked him to let him have pos session of the bill, no doubt with the object that, in the event of its being dishonoured, he might take legal proceedings, and obtain the professional costs to which he would be entitled. The prose cutor consented, and the defendant handed him £23 75., the sum of 3s. being kept for his expenses in going to the city to present the bill, and there was an understanding between them that if the bill was paid Mr. Merton was to keep the money the defendant had given him, and if it was not that then the money was to be returned, and the defen dant was to take legal proceedings upon the bill. When the bill was presented it was dishonoured, and on the following day the defendant went to Mr: Merton's, and he gave him back the money he had received from him, and the defendant gave him a paper indemnifying him from all legal liability for costs in any proceedings that might be taken upon the bill, and the defendant also gave him a receipt for the sum of £23 10s. The prosecutor, after this, heard nothing more of the matter until the present month, when, to his surprise, he re ceived a summons to attend at the Westminster County Court, to show cause why he should not pay the defendant the sum of £3 10s., which he claimed as the balance of the sum of £23 10s. which he had received from the defen dant under the circumstances above stated. The matter came on in due course for hearing at the County Court, and the defendant then swore that Mr. Merton only paid him £2O, and that this was done about three weeks before the summons was issued, and not ir, the month of October, when the bill was dishonoured; and, with regard to the receipt, he admitted that the signature was in his handwriting, but he swore that he could not account for Mr. Merton having possession of it in any other way than that he hal stolen it f rom hi s office. The result of the hearing at the County Court was that the present defendatf was n on - su i te d, or rat h er a i verdict was given in favour of M r . M er t on , an d t h e present charge was immediately preferred against the defendant. The above facts were clearly proved by Mr. Mer ton, who produced the documents referred to, and his evidence was materially confirmed by his sister, Miss Emma Merton, The prosecutor was cross examined at some length by Mr. Sleigh, but nothing whatever was elicited that in the slightest degree tended to affect his testimony. Mr. Sleigh, in his address to the jury, said it was a very painful thing to see an old man, verging, as he was informed, upon 70, and who was also an attorney, and whose was at present upon the rolls of ono of her Majesty's courts of law, standing at the bar of a Criminal Court charged with so seri• eus a crime as wilful and corrupt perjury, and he said he felt assured that the jury would not convict him cf that offence unless upon the most clear and positive evidence. The learned counsel then called their attention to the facts of the case, and urged that it was possible that the defendant, being old and decrepit, might have forgotten the real facts of the matter, and that he had not wilfully sworn to what was false. The Recorder having summed up the evidence, the jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. When the verdict had been delivered his Lordship inquired the age of the defendant. Mr. Sleigh said that he was informed that he was 72. lie was also instructed to state that his mental faculties were very much impaired by his age and infirmities. The Recorder said he could not listen to a mere statement of this kind. There should be some evi dence, if the fact was as stated. Mr. Ernest Jones said he thought it right to in form the Court that the prosecution had been insti tuted by the direction of the Judge of the County Court, who was well acquainted with all the facts. The Recorder then a ddressed the defendant, and said that he had been convicted of an offence of the most serious description upon evidence that was perfectly satisfactory to the Court, and which left no doubt that he had committed the crime of wil ful and corrupt perjury by deliberately swea r i ng that which he knew to be false in order to enforce an unjust claim for 70s. His offence was greatly aggravated by his position as an attorney of one of the superior courts of law, whose duty it was to assist the administration of justice, but instead of doing so he had endeavoured to poison it at its very source by the commission of this offence. Nothing but his age prevented him from passing upon him a sentence of penal servitude, which undoubtedly, under ordinary circumstances, would be inflicted for and he should also tak e an offence of this character, into consideration that he would undoubtedly re ceive another punishment, by not being permitted to remain upon the roll of attorneys for another in stant after this conviction. Taking these facts into consideration, and also his great age, he should re frain from passing upon him a sentence of penal servitude, but his offence was, a very serious one, and he felt called upon to pass a severe sentence. He then ordered the defendant to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) John Jelf, 32, labourer; John Percival, 30, labourer ; John Preece, and Robert M'Gregor (the lattertwo had bren out on bail), were indicted, Preece, Jelf, and Percival with stealing 511 b. of metal, value £2, and WOregor with receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The case, which occupied the Court the entire day, and lasted until late in the evening, did not present any special feature of public interest. The three first-named prisoners were in the employ of Ale;-_ , srs. Bndd and. Co., the copper merchants and smelters et.' Custle Baynard-wharf, and had been watched by a city police coustable named Gayler, while carting old ship metal from the docks at,Rotherhithe, to stop at the house of M'Gregor, in that neighbourhood, and there deposit some of the metal which they had taken out of the cart. The jury found them all guilty, and The Court sentenced Jelf and Preece to nine months' imprisonment, Percival to 12, and M'Gregor to THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner . Kerr.) Edward Kinkin, Thomas Graham, and George Williams, three well dressed respectable-looking youths, were indicted for a robbery with violence on Daniel Bushell, and stealing from him a watch of the value of £2l. Mr. Blackburn prosecuted, and Mr. Cooper defended. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecu tor, who is a hop merchant residing in the Wands worth-road, was on the 20th of December last, at about one o'clock, passing through Great Alio street, Goodman's-fields, when the prisoner Wil hams came up in front of him and snatched his watch from his pocket, and at the same time some one from behind tried to trip him up. The prosecutor, how ever, kept from falling, and ran for a short dis tance after Williams, when the prisoner Graham came up and hit him upon the face, and at the same time a third man came up at his back and put his knee between the prosecutor's legs and threw him with violence to the ground, Graham at the same time striking him again on the head,and they then got away. All this was seen by several persons who knew the prisoners, but no attempt was made to stop them. Information having been given to the police, Graham was taken into cus tody at Wilton's public house, Wellclose Square, on the sth of January, for picking pockets, and Williams on the 11th, and when spoken to about the robbery he (Williams) said that all he knew of the matter was, that the watch fetched £7 10s. The third prisoner (Kinkin) was not taken until some time after, and then under somewhat singu lar circumstances. Some one who was known to the police had been at Wilton's Music Hall, Well close Square, where he met a girl, who took him to a brothel in the neighbourhood, and introduced him to the prisoner Kinkin, and they got into conversation. Kinkin asked this person if he was a thief, and told him that he (Kinkin) had been down to Plymouth to keep out of the way, as he had knocked down an old gentleman and robbed him. This being communicated to the police he also was taken, and they were all most positively sworn to as the persons concerned in the outrage. The Commissioner asked whether the concert room in Wellclose Square was the resort of this class of loose women. An Inspector who was present said it was. The Commissioner directed that the licensing magistrates should be made acquainted with this circumstance. The Jury found the prisoners guilty. The police said that Kinkin and Williams, both of whom were not 18 years of age, had been thieves, the former for ten, and the latter for six years, and had been repeatedly convicted of daring robberies, but Graham, although their associate for some months, had not been tried. The Commissioner, in passing sentence, told them they had been convicted of a most atrocious outrage, in robbing a gentleman, with violence, as had been proved, in broad daylight, and in a crowded street. With regard to Graham, as he was not known to have been before convicted, the sentence upon him would be that of four years' penal servitude. Williams it did not appear was so unfavourably known to the police as the other prisoner, and therefore he should make a difference in his sentence, and ordered him to be kept in penal servitude for a term of six years. Williams upon hearing this, and leaving the dock, bawled out in a defiant tone, "If it was eight you would not know where it is" (meaning the watch). He was then removed from the dock. The Commissioner then addressing a few words to the remaining prisoner Kinkin, sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for the space of eight years ; and he upon leaving the dock said, " I would sooner be tied up at eight and cut down at nine, before I would let them know where the watch is." With these cases the business of the sessions was brought to a close. The next session commences on Monday, February 25. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—jan. 31. MANSION-HOUSE.—Augustus Bherrings, a respectably-dressed young man, a foreigner, de scribed as a merchant's clerk, and who had been bailed, was charged before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday with an alleged attempt to stilt) Jona than Magnus Marshall with a pocket-knife. Mr. Beard attended to prefer the charge. The complainant said—l am a coasting pilot, and live at 8, Russell-place, Blackwall. The defendant was formerly in my employment as clerk in a ship chandler's trade, in which I was engaged with a person named Brandt. The partnership terminated in November last. Yesterd ty, between three and four o'clock, I was passing along Little George street, Minories, and met the defendant. I asked him where Mr. Brandt was, to which he made no reply. I asked him a second time ; he spat at me ; upon which 'immediately struck him. We separated, and I went to Bretz's hotel in the same street. About a quarter of an hour afterwards, when I was sitting in a room there alone, having some brandy-and-water, the door opened, and I looked round and saw this man, the defendant approach ing me with the knife produced (a pocket one) in his hand, which he was trying to conceal. Afraid he would stab me I turned round and knocked him down, and then ran out for a policeman. My thumb was severely cut—l believe by the " instru ment"—and it has been since dressed by a sur geon. When he entered the room I fancied he had a pistol ; and, like a man in battle, I thought I should be shot if I ran away. I called for the landlord, and as he came I was in the act of " bolting." I have been a good deal among these foreigners, and it is a common practice for them to use the knife. By Mr. Beard—l immediately struck him on his entering the room, when I saw the " instrument" in his hand, believing I was about to be murdered. The Lord Mayor (to the complainant)—You first struck the man in the street, under an apprehen• sion, perhaps well founded, that he was about to molest you, but there is no proof of it ; and you also struck him first on his entering the room. For anything that appears to the contrary, it may be that he did not intend to use the knife, and that the wound was given by accident. Witness, in reply to Mr. Beard, said he went very much in fear of the defendant's violence, believing that the defendant meant to kill him. The complainant occasionally gave his evidence in a flippant manner. The defendant said, in broken English, he was in a wrong position. He had intended to give the complainant into custody for assaulting him in the street, but before he could find a policeman the complainant had the cunning to give him in charge. The complainant on meeting him in the street struck him in the eye without any provoca tion, and on remonstrating he struck him a second time. He (the defendant) had been repeatedly threatened by him, and was not safe in the open street against his violence. The Lord Mayor told the defendant he should have to bind him over to keep the peace towards the complainant, who had sworn that he went in bodily fear of him. The defendant (a gentle-looking young man) said he had not broken the peace, and that in truth he went in apprehension of violence from the com plainant. The Lord Mayor said he was obliged to act upon, the evidence of the complainant on that point, given upon oath, and ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognisances in £2O to keep the peace towards the complainant for six months. GUILDHALL.—Joseph Covington was sum moned on the charge that he was the proprietor of an omnibus, No. 6,958, plying between Paddington and London-bridge, the conductor whereof did un lawfully take more than his lawful fare. Mr. Thomas, of No. 1, Falcon-street, Falcon square, said—l entered the defendant's omnibus on Friday night last about half-past 11 o'clock at. Rathbone•place, and on arriving at the General Post-office, I tendered the usual fare of 3d. The conductor demanded 6d, upon which I told him I had never paid more than 3d, and I gave him a 5s piece. Colonel Wilson—How much did he take ? Complainant—He gave me 4s change, and said., "'I hat is how I serve such men as you." Conductor—He threatened to summon me, and, as the matter was to be contested, I said I would charge him the full fare of ls. Colonel Wilson—Did the conductor tell you that the fare was is at the time you entered the omni bus ? Complainant—No, sir, and I was not aware of there being a is fare. Conductor—lt is painted on the door, and I have a right to claim it. The fare has been several times disputed, but I have convicted persons who have refused to pay it before Mr. Henry, at Bow street, and Mr, Mansfield, at Marylebone. Complainant—The Is. fare is imperceptible to passengers inside the omnibus. Inspector Duddy said—ln consequence of this complaint I have obtained a faithful copy of the table of fares in the omnibus in question, and the ls. fare is so small, so illegibly painted, and in such a position as would render it impossible for pas sengers in the omnibus to read it. S'ldcrtuan Phillips (to tnt: conductor)—Did ycu at first ask for 6d. and then take ls. ? Conductor—l did, sir. Ido not deny it. Colonel Wilson—ls this a London. General Om nibus Company's omnibus. Conductor—No, sir. Colonel Wilson—They would not be guilty of such a thing ? Conductor—No, sir. Colonel Wilson—No ; they would be ashamed to practise such a deception upon the public. Conductor—We run after the London General Omnibus Company, and I have done the same thing for the last 23 years. Alderman Humphrey—l don't believe that, or you would have been found out before. Alderman Phillips—lf you have carried on this imposition so long it is quite time it was put a stop to. This gentleman very properly tendered you the ordinary fare, and objected to your demand f o r Gd., and because he: trusted you with a larger amount of money you take ls. 1 consider your conduct exceedingly reprehensible. Alderman Copeland—l am inclined to think the gentleman would have been justified in giving you into custody for stealing the money. Conductor—l have only taken the fare aecording to the provisions of the Act of Parliament. Inspector Duddy—l wish to explain to the court that Covington is the proprietor of two omni buses, the numbers of which are 6,958 and 6,234. They run from the Royal Oak at Paddington to the Railway Terminus at London bridge. The ordinary fares by the London General Omni bus Company's vehicles and other omnibuses are 2d. and 3d., but the defendant's outside bills are printed with an intention to deceive, for between the words " Farringdon-street," which appear in large letters, and a large figure of " 2d.," the words " To the Bank" are introduced in letters so small as to be perfectly invisible to the general public riding by these omnibuses. Whenever either of the defen dant's omnibuses arrive at the Bank, complaints from the passengers are sure to follow about the fares, and this morning I heard several of the de fendant's customers declaring it was a rank swindle. I rode in the omnibus this morning for the purpose of obtaining a copy of the fares. The ordinary charges appear to have been painted by a profes sional hand, but the extraordinary fares complained of are daubed in at the bottom of the door in any thing but a legible manner, or a conspicuous posi tion. Col. Wilson—Then a person would not be able to see it at night time ? Inspector Duddy—No, sir; nor at any other' time from the inside of the omnibus. The conductor said the omnibus was outside the court for the inspection of the magistrates, who ac cordingly went out to view it. They entered the vehicle, and having carefully observed the table of fares and the positions of them returned into court. Alderman Phillips said the table of fares is not in acordance with the Act of Parliament, which requires them to be painted distinctly, and in a con spicuous part of the omnibus. The fares, " Before 9 a.m. 6d." and " After 11 p.m. and before 3 a.m. is.," are neither distinct nor in a conspicuous posi tion, and my brother magistrates are of the same opinion with me, that this is a gross attempt on the part of the proprietor of these omnibuses to impose on the public, and I therefore fine the defendant 20s. and costs. Conductor-6 Will you inflict a heavier fine, so as to enable me to appeal; for I have had the point decided otherwise by other magistrates ? Alderman Phillips —But they did not see your omnibus. I have decided, and the case is therefore at an end. George Vernon Jackson, who carried on business as a general merchant under the name of " Jackson and Co." at No. 6, New Broad-street, was brought up on remand relative to the charge of obtaining goods on credit within three months of his bank ruptcy, under the false colour and pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, with intent to cheat and defraud his creditors. No fresh cases were opened, and the further or final hearing of the whole matter was adjourned until Wednesday next, for the completion of the depositions. BOW-STREET.—Charles Sealbach was brought up, on remand, on the charge of embezzling moneys received on account of his master, Mr. Mabley, printseller, 143, Strand. _ _ The Rev. Launcelot Capel Bathurst, 4, Cam bridge-terrace, Ken sin gton, deposed that on the 16th January the prisoner called at his house and deli vered some chromotypes, or coloured lithographic prints which witness had purchased at M r . Mabley's. The prisoner at the same time presented the bill. Witness paid the money, £4 75., and the prisoner receipted the bill, but did not put a receipt stamp on it. Witness had since obtained a properly stamped receipt from Mr. Mabley. Mr. Mabley said the prisoner had a stamped receipt, which he ought to have delivered to Mr. Bathurst, but which he returned to witness. He never accounted for the money. The receipt which had now been handed to Mr. Bathurst was the same which the prisoner ought to have delivered to that gentleman. Mr. Hall remarked that this fraud bad been com mitted in precisely the same manner as that which had been proved at the former examination. The prisoner, who offered no defence, was com mitted for trial on both charges. A young lady, the daughter of the prisoner's former employer (who recommended him to Mr. Mabley), was in attendance in order to watch the proceedings, with a view of communicating the result to his friends, who reside in Germany. The prisoner himself is a German, and speaks English with a slight accent. He has hitherto borne an excellent character. LAMBETH.—Phcebe Assiter and Mary Worelly, young women in the service of Mrs. Sarah Chuck erbutty, an Indian lady residing at 8, Thurloe villas, Park-lane, Dulwich, were charged with rob bing their mistress of property to a large amount. Mrs. Chuckerbutty, wife of Mr. Soorje Chucker butty, an Indian gentlemen, said that on Wednes day morning at about half-past 7 the prisoner As siter entered her room and told Ler that the house was broken into, and she in consequence sent the other prisoner down stairs, who came back and said the same. Witness went to her dressing-room, and missed a gold bracelet and a quantity of jewelry, plate, and other articles. She sent to Mr. Lancaster, a friend in the neighbourhood, who promptly cams to her house, and soon after a police constable was sent for. The articles produced are her husband's property, and part of those she missed, and were of the value of £95. Mr. C. S. Lancaster deposed that on Wednesday morning he was sent for by the last witness, and on going to her househe found it in a state of great disorder. The contents of the drawer's were strewn about ; some bonnets smashed, and clothes and other articles thrown about in different parts of the drawing-loom. The kitchen was strewn with the remains of eggs, and the trap through which the coals were put into the cellar was cut as well as the cellar door, both inside and out, as if some instru ment had been passed near the button thatfastened it. He sent to the station, and Inspector Bond came. Both prisoners said that on going down stairs on that morning they found the gas lighted, and missed about 12 eggs, as well as some fish from the pantry. At that time it was his opinion that the house had been broken into from without, and this was confirmed by the inspector, and when there on Wednesday night the prisoner Assiter made a dis closure to him. She said that a fortnight before Worelly had said that something was going to hap pen that night, and, on her asking her where, she replied at the house and to the mistress ; that sub , sequently they bad conversed from time to time on the subject of the robbery, and on the night before it took place Worelly, who slept in the same room with her mistress, proposed that she (Assiter) should take the property while she (Worelly) re mained in her mistress's room to see that she was not disturbed. She (Assiter) then collected the pro perty together, and put it into a copper on Tues. day night, and on Wednesday morning Worelly cut the places in the door, to make it appear that there had been an entry there. He (witness) asked her where the property was, and she told him in the garden, where he found a bucket, in which the property was deposited. Among the articles was a massive gold bracelet, a valuable gold watch and chain, a lace shawl of Indian production and con siderable value, a quantity of spoons and forks, and the other property produced. On ma - king this dis covery, witness went upstairs to Worelly's room and asked her if she could give any information of the property, and her reply was that she knew nothing about it. He then produced some of the articles that had been missing, when she said if they had been stolen they must have been taken by Assiter. He then confronted the prisoners, when Worelly still denied the robbery, but on his asking her if she had not proposed to divide the property with Assiter, she said, "No, that was Assiter 's pro posal." Witness told her that this amounted to a confession, and she then said she had proposed the robbery, because their mistress would not believe them when they said that thieves were in the house ; but she had forgotten her proposition until Assiter had reminded her of it on the night before. He (witness) then gave both into custody. Police -constable Smith, 276 P, said he took the prisoners into custody, and on tallin4 them the charges against them, Assiter said, " I will tell you the whole truth. I should not have thought of any thing, of the kind had not Mary (Worelly) put me up to it. It was she who cut the door with a knife before we went to bed, so that mistress should think some one had broken into the house." Worelly was present at this time, but said nothing. Inspector Bond said the prisoners were aware that their mistress had been daily expecting a large sum of money, and no doubt they calculated on finding a large sum in some of the drawers, and if they had succeeded, their intention no doubt was to have started away with the whole of the property. In reply to a question from the magistrate, the prosecutrix said that all the missing property had not been found ; and the prisoners, who offered nothing in defence, were remanded. HAMMERSMITH.—SamueI May Ambrook, a private in the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, was re-examined on a charge of stealing a watch and chain from Mr. Fund, a builder, of Clifton-street, Shepherd's-bush. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. • DISASTROUS 8111 P FVRECK. SUPPOSED LOSS OF TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES. LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—We have to add another to the long list of shipping disasters which have been reported here within the last few days. Capt. Wallace, of the Sea Wave, which arrived at this port from Pernambuco last night, reports that on Jan. 8, when in lat 22 N and long 40 W, he fell in with an open boat, containing the mate and 19 of the crew of the ship David Brown, 1,700 tons burthen, bound from San Francisco to Liverpool with a valuable cargo, consisting amongst other articles of 1,600 tons of grain. Capt. Wallace took them all on board the Sea Wave. They were in a most deplorable state, having lost all their clothing, and never having tasted food for several days. It appears from the statement of the sufferers that the David Brown, under the command of Capt. Berry, and a crew of about 30 men, and 18 passen gers, sailed from San Francisco for this port on the 11th October. After being out at sea 84 days she sprang a leak on the sth January, and began to make water at a fearfully rapid rate. Three pumps were set to work, but they were unable to keep the water down, and in less than three hours she had 12 feet of water in her hold. Everything was done to lighten her, (upwards of 3,000 bags of grain being thrown overboard, but it was of no avail, and at length, it being discovered that she was rapidly sinking, two boats were lowered, and the passen gers and crew left the unfortunate vessel. One of the boats contained Mr. Daly, the first mate, and 19 of the crew, and in the other boat were the cap tain and 17 of the passengers and remainder of the crew. They had not left the ship many minutes before she sunk. With the exception of the cloth ing which they had on them, neither the passengers nor crew were able to save anything. '1 hey managed to collect some articles of wearing apparel before leaving the ship, and these were placed in the boats, but very shortly it was found necessary to throw them overboard, as well as a quantity of provisions which they had secured, in order to lighten the boats. For a period of four days and four nights they suffered the greatest privations from cold and hunger, having nothing on board with the excep tion of a few biscuits. The two boats remained together until the evening of Monday, Bth January, when the boat picked up by the Sea Wave lost sight of the other boat, containing Captain Berry and his 27 unfortunate companions, who, at that time, were in a state bordering on starvation, hav ing scarcely any provisions on board, and being at the time upwards of 2,000 miles from land. Unless they were picked up by some other vessel, it was feared that they could not hold out more than a day or two, and must have perished from hunger. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—JAN. 31. With a moderate supply to-day, English wheat of all qualities must be quoted at fully late rates. Barley de clined is per qr. Oats only taken in retail. Beans and peas fully as dear. MANCHESTER-JAN. 31. A moderate attendance to-day, and business was rather flat. Best English wheats offered at is to 2s less money, without inducing buyers to operate. For e ign wh ea t and flour brought last week's prices. Oats and oatmeal were the turn lower. Indian corn advanced 6d per qr. Beans still firm. MELTON MOWBRAY—JAN. 29. There was a good show of wheat to-day, which sold at 2s lower than last week's rates for all descriptions. Barley little inquired for, at scarcely late rates. For oats our quotations were sustained_ Prices :—Whito wheat, 518 Od to 63s Od ; red, 508 Od to 60s - per 36 atone ; beans steady, but slow, at 50s to 55s for old ; new 50s per 38 at. ; barley, 32s to 42s for malting, and 28s to 34s per qr. for grinding; oats, 29s to 38s Od per 24 atone. PLYMOUTH-JAN. 29. The market was dull, with very little business, at the currencies of last week for wheat, namely :—English white wheat, 68s to 70s ; red, 54s to 64s per qr • French do., 628 to 658; American, 61s to 63s ; Spanish, 'ls to 72a ; Rus sian, 608 to 625. Barley in good supply, at 36s to 44s per qr for malting ; griding, 32a to 368 ; oats, 248 to 288; and beans, —s to —8; flour, 478 to 508. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JAN. 30. Wheat on the top 4s Od up .. average 2s 64 up. Barley on the top Is 6d down ...average Os 4d up. Oats on the top is Gd up. average Os 4d up. Beans on the top 2s Od up... average is 24 up. CORK—JAN. 29. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 22s Od to 29s 6d ; white, 29s Od to 33s Gd; barley 140 Od to 21s Od ; oats, 15s Od to 15s 2d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—.TAN. 29. There was a rather short supply of fat beasts to-day, and the best quality of beef was in good demand and a clear ance effected, at higher prices. Tho supply of fat sheep unusually short, and they fully maintained former prices. Fat and store calves were scarce. Fat pigs were in rather better supply. Beet 6ld to 71d Veal 7d to 7ii Mutton Bd to Bfd Pork Lamb —d to —d, Rough fat, 5s 6d per stone. Hides, 24el to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We are happy to quote the follow' ing interesting information from Du Berry's Report on cures without Medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food. Cure No. 4,2oB—Servant of Rev. john W. Flavell, Ridlingtan Rectory, Norfolk, of eight years' dyspepsia, ner vousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea. Cure 18,216—Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 36,212—Captain Allan of epileptic' fits. Cure No. I,6o9—Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debi lity, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic* Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment ( and expense may be avo id e d by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 5C times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, u,thout purging! constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew UM MD., F.R.S. Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Sh or l a nd, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of Kill. 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 bile. 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. 40a, 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.; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Oz• 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 Triolborn: and all grocers, BIRTHS. BouRNE.—On the 27th ult., at Stanway Villa, Southsea, the wife of G. S. Bourne, Esq., R N., H.M.S. Excellent, of a daughter. CONNOLLY.—On the 28th ult., at Bury, near Gosport, the wife of Captain Matthew Connolly, R.N., of a daughter, stillborn. MONTGOMERY. —On the 27th ult., at Grey Abbey, the Lady' Charlotte Montgomery, of a son. RICE.--On the 29th ult., at 17, Eaton•placo, S., the Hon. Mrs. Charles Spring Rice, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. HOWARD—Surawc—On the 30th ult., at Bloomsbury Chapel, William Howard, Esq., of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, to Martha Sarah Sulman, of Holford-sq.• Islington, eldest daughter of the late Richard Sulumpy of Gray's-inn-road. JActuzs:—BuvroN.—On the 29th ult., at the parish church of Bishop Auckland, Durham, Charles Jaques, Esq., of Kenton-street, Brunswick-square, London, to Eliza, the second daughter of William Buxton, Esq., of Bishop Auckland. DEATHS. BERDNIORE.—On the 25th ult., at 33, Albert-street, Thos. B o ß er the dtußvue . l —Ona,s Esq., aged 88 1 . Bt. at his residence, 35, Camden road Robert Burford, E sq., of Leicester-square , urdooilr aged 70. BROWN.—On the 29th ult., at Aberdeen, William Brown Esq., MA., aged 65. RUDGE.—On the 29th ult,, at Abbey Manor, Eveshanit Edward John Rudge, aged 68. SHAW.—On the 31st ult., Benjamin Shaw, Esq., late of Kilburn Priory, aged 94. SvmoNs.—On the 29th ult., at Hastings, Charles Symons/ Esq., late of the Inland Revenue Department, Somerset" house, aged 57, , ONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , at No; 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office. No. 112, Strand in the Precinct of the Savoy, 111 the Count] otMiddlege° rebrion $,1861. {