The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

TEE NAVE The launch of the Chanticleer, 17, screw corvette, took place at Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday, at 11 a.m., in a very satisfactory manner. The ceremony of christening the vessel was performed by Miss Grey, the eldest daughter of the Rear- Admiral Superintendent. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Jackson, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the eastward. The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D. Rogers, C. 8., was placed in No. 3 dock, Keyham steamyard, on Saturday to be overhauled. Some of the sheets of copper at the water line being thin are in course of removal. AThe screw steamship Howe, 121, at Devonport, is now ready for the second division of the steam ordinary, and towards the close of the present week will be removed from the basin of the Keyham steamyard to her moorings in Hamoaze. While entering Plymouth Sound, under canvas only, on Thursday morning, the screw steam frigate Immortalite, 51, Capt. George Hancock, lost anchor and cable near the west end of the Breakwater. Steam was got up immediately, and she dropped another anchor a little further to the eastward, where some supernumerary seamen were disembarked for various ships in Hamoaze. On Friday the first anchor was picked up by a Govern ment lump and restored to the frigate, which also received some chain from the Devo n p or t Dock yard. The Immortalite was appointed to sail yes terday (Sunday) morning for Lisb on . The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas Curry, has been removed from Keyham steamyard to the moorings in Hamoaze. The screw steamsloop Pantaloon, 11, at Devon port, is ordered to be rigged for the steam ordinary. The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan inure, H. T. Moore, master, from Woolwich, arrived at Plymouth yesterday, with gunpowder and other war materials for the gunwharf at Devonport, and gunpowder for the magazine at Bull Point. Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, Port Admi ral at Sheerness, attended by Capt. Luard, Com mander Jackson, and Lieut. Mackenzie, flag offi cers of the guardship of ordinary Formidable, visited Woolwich Dockyard on Saturday for the purpose of inspecting the screw steam frigate Bris tol, intended to be launched to-morrow. The Ad miral was accompanied over the Bristol by Com modore Superintendent the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., Commander Hawker, and Mr. Thornton, principal officers of the shipbuilding department of the yard. After the inspection the Admiral and his officers return on board the steam tender Myrtle, A nd proceeded to Millwall to pay an official visit to the steamship Warrior, in process of being ar mour-cased, and receiving her engines, which will be in readiness for harbour trial about , the middle of next month. In addition to the launch of the Bristol at Woolwich to-morrow and the Black Prince ut Glasgow, already announced in The Sun, the screw steam gunvessel Speedwell will be launched to-morrow at Deptford. Her principal dimensions are as follows !—Length between per pendiculars, 145 ft. llin. ; length of keel for tonnage, ; 127 ft. 10 3-40 in. ; breadth, extreme, 25ft. 4ia. ; breadth for tonnage, 25ft. ; breadth moulded, 24f. bin. ; depth of hold, 13ft. ; burden in tons, 425 14-94 ; horse-power of engines, 84, by Messrs. Day and Simmons, of Southampton. Her armament 'will consist of one 68-pounder and four 24-pounder howitzers. An official trial of the two patent systems of ships' pumps (Downton's and Roberts's) commonly in use on board her Majesty's ships of the navy, took place on Wednesday and Saturday, on board the Rinaldo, in Portsmouth Dockyard, in the pre. senco of Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hon. George Grey, and the several officers of the ship wright and engineer's departments, one of Roberts's double-action twin pumps, of 51 inches, being tested in competition with a seven-inch Downton or regulation pump. The result proved that five tanks, measuring 200 gallons each, were filled with water by Roberts's pump in 17 min. 27 sec., with .529 strokes, and by Downton's, with 746 strokes, in 21 min. 40 sec., being 42 per cent. in favour of the former in capacity, and about 20 per cent. in time. In getting at the valves of Roberts's pump, they were taken out, returned to their place, the air chamber on, and water procured in the short space of 42 seconds, one man only being at work, while six men were occupied during 12 minutes in performing the same operation with the Downton, each under the superintendence of the officials of the dockyard. The Russian steam corvette Merge, Commander Crown, from Southampton, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday morning, with slight derange ment of machinery, and, having landed two fire men, was preparing to leave again immediately for her destination—China. Two powerful tubular steam cranes having been erected for the Government by Messrs. Fairbairn and Sons, of Manchester, at the gun-wharf adjoin ing Chatham Dockyard, both were subjected to a series of powerful tests on Friday afternoon, in order to obtain proof of their power and strength before being formally taken possession of by the Government. The experiments of testing the cranes attracted a great deal of interest, and were carried out under the superintendence of Mr. San deman, assist.-inspector at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich ; Mr. Morris, principal storekeeper at Chatham ; Mr. Thomson, assist.-storekeeper, Mr. Green, principal clerk of works at the Royal Eugi neer establishment, and several of the officers of the Royal Indian Engineers. The largest of the two cranes is a fine specimen of mechanical engineering, and has been constructed of sufficient strength to sustain nearly double the number of tons that it will ever be required to bear. In order to carry the enormous weight thrown upon the foundation, excavations were made to the depth of nearly 30 feet, wher e a fi rm b e d o f concre t e was l a id, support ing a number of iron cylinders, each of 15 feet in length, the whole being bolted firmly together, and surrounded with brickwork. The arm of the crane forms the segment of a circle of twenty five feet radius, the whole being formed of wrought iron half-inch plates. By a simple contrivance it can be so adjusted that the crane may be worked by manual labour as well as steam, eight men being required to Etc weights of 15 tons, while the nominal power of the engine when steam is used is 7-horse. During the experiments made on Friday the crane was first tested with a few tons' weight, which was gradually increased until a strain of 15 tons 7 cwt. was obtained, three of the heavie s t guns on the wharf being raised with the greatest apparent ease. In order to show the perfect con trol of the engine, the guns were repeatedly raised and lowered with the greatest rapidity, while, by a simple contrivance, the weight was moved round to any required spot by means of a spur segment, on which the cranes travel. At the period of the heaviest strain it was ascertained that the deflection of the crane was only two inches, returning an inch and three quarters when the weight was re moved, leaving a quarter of ,an inch of settled deflection, or dead loss. Similar experiments were made with the second crane, the results of which 'were equally satisfactory to the officials who f ulPerintended the trials. The heaviest weight the l argest crane will be required to lift in its ordinary work Will bo 10 tons, and the smaller one a few tons less. By an accidental admission of sea water a few days since into a portion of the intended wet ditch in front of the line of defences in Stokes Bay, it has been discovered that the salt water penetrates brough the intervening soil to the wells in Fort Comer and renders the Water in them unfit for the use of the garrison. The coast defences in the neighbourhood of Har -wieh are about to be repaired and strengthened, and it is stated that new batteries are to be erected between Felixstow and Walton. A special court of inquiry is ordered to assemble 10-day at the Gun-wharf Barracks, Portsmouth, respecting the cause of the Emerald, S out h ampton and Portsmouth passenger steamer, having been struck by a shot on her port quarter some weeks ,since during her passage through Stokes Bay, o❑ her way from Portsmouth to Southampton, practice lming carried on at the time from the auxiliary bat aeries of Fort Moncton by a party of the Royal Artillery. This accident was reported in The Sun at the time of its occurrence, and was fortunately unattended with any personal injury to a' y of the vessel's crew or passengers. On the sere trials of the men-of-war in the bay it has often rcen a mat ter of speculation among the officials on board, as to when and what part of the vessel would be struck by some of the shot or fragments of the shells exploding at no great distance from her course. . _........... Her Majesty's screw troopship Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Mediterranean, with invalids and passengers. The Himalaya sailed from Gibraltar on the 4th inst., having made the run thence from Malta in three days 20 hours. Her Majesty's ship Orion, 91, screw, was lying at Gibraltar, and was to sail for Corfu on the following Wednesday. The Himalaya has had favourable winds the greater part of the passage home; strong in crossing the Bay of Biscay. Between the Straits and Cape St. Vincent the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamer Ellora, homeward bound, passed the Himalaya. Was in company together the next day, passing her in turn as the breeze freshened. At 6 40 p.m. passed a steamer on the port beam, about 80 miles south of Ushant, which burnt a blue light and sent up a rocket. The Himalaya's invalid and passenger list comprises a number of navailabinvalids and the following military : Royal Engineers—Lieut. M'Donnell, 94 men, 21 women, and 30 children ; Royal Artillery—Lieut. Nicholson and 18 men, Lieut. Carey, Lieut. Wad dington and wife; 2d battalion, 2d Regiment-6 men, 1 woman, and 3 children ; 2d battalion, 3d Regiment—Lieut. Hearne, 5 men, 1 woman, and 1 child ;2d battalion, 4th Regiment--2 non-com missioned officers and 1 woman; 2d battalion, 6th Regiment-5 men, 1 woman, and 4 children; 2d battalion, 7th Regiment-5 men ;2d battalion, Bth Regiment-7 men, 2 women, and 2 children ; Ist battalion, 9th Regiment—Ensign A. F. Cosens, 3 non-commissioned officers, 1 woman, and 2 children; Ist battalion, 22d Regiment-5 men, 5 women, and 5 children ; Ist battalion, 25th Regiment—Assist.- Surg. Rattray and 11 men ; 100th Regiment— Lieut. Rideuts, 42 men, 1 woman, and 1 child. The passenger list comprised the Baron and Baroness de Rottenberg, Major Gore, wife, and child; Miss Ridley, Lieutenant Lamb, Lieutenant Nash, Dr. West, Dr. Monteith, Commander Reeves, R.N., Lieutenant Hodges, R.N., Lieut. Blackett, R.N., Lieut. Foster, R.N., Lieut. Thomp son, R.N., Mr. Dowling, master, R.N., Lieut. Col- I , lier, RN., Mr. Taylor, R.N., Lieut. Grant, R.M., 1 and 6 servants, and the Rev. J. Kaley. The Hima laya steamed into harbour in the afternoon to land the passengers, invalids, and store. Her next ser vice will be the conveyance on Friday next, from Portsmouth to Pembroke, of the following portion of the 15th Brigade Royal Artillery, at present stationed at Gosport :—Col. J. H. Francklyn, C. 8., Lieut.-Col. Cleveland, Surg. Lewis, Major Brendon, Capt. Cromartie (acting-adjutant), Major Hope, Capt. Johnstone, Quartermaster Blair, Paymaster Stewart, 7 ladies, 11 children, 9 servants, and 7 horses, 419 gunners and drivers, 57 soldiers' wives, and 74 children. The greatest speed of the Hima laya on her passage home was 131 knots. The Imperatriz screw steamer, Capt. Sharp, ar rived at Spithead yesterday morning from China with invalids (naval) and passengers, and a valuable cargo of tea and silk, the latter for London as reported in The Sun of Saturday. The naval invalids, about 130 in number, were in charge of Mr. Paterson, master, R.N., the Admiralty agent on board, and were discharged to her Majesty's ship Victory during the course of the day. The passengers on board consisted of—from Shang hai—Rev. Mr. Gouge, Mrs. Gouge, and child ; Mr. J. Wylie, Mrs. Shalcross, Mrs. Henderson and two children, Mrs. Collins, two children, and Chinese nurse ; Mr. J. J. Davies, and Mr. J. Griffiths. From Hongkong—Surgeon-Major Home and ser vant, Lieut. Crease, R.M.A., Mr. Charles Worthy, 82d Regiment, and Dr. Nihill, R.N., in medical charge of invalids. From Singapore—Mr. Brine. From the Cape of Good Hope—Capt. Budd. From St. Helena—Master Pennell. From Sierra Leone— Mr. J. Addams, Mrs. and Master Addams. From Madeira—Prince Thurm and Saxis, and M. Siem erling, attached to the Empress 4 Austria's suite at Madeira, and conveying despatches thence to Vienna. The Imperatriz landed four mails. Her dates and shipping news are as follows :—Sailed from Shanghai, Nov. 4, 1860; Hongkong, Dec. 14; Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 30, landed there 140 mili tary invalids from Hongkong ; sailed from St. Helena, Jan. 8 ; Sierra_Leone, Jan. 21 ; and Ma deira, February 1. The American frigate was at anchor in St. Helena Roads. At Sierra Leone the West India mail steamer had arrived on the 20th of January, to embark the 2d West India Regiment for.the Gambia. The African mail steamer Ethiope was lying at Madeira waiting the arrival of the Athenian screw steamer with the outward African mail. The following vessels were spoken on the passage home :—January 7, in lat. 17.50 S., long. 2.20 W., the Anglia, of Liverpool, 71 days from Singapore; February 3, in lat. 18 N., long. 15.20 W. a French bark, showing 3d pendant No. 7,196 ; same day, the Norwegian brig Harriette, steering S.E. ; February 4, in lat. 40 N., long. 13.20 W., the English brig Martha and Mary and the Norwegian bark Skogman, both homeward bound. Amnong the many homeward-bound vessels that had called at St. Helena and sailed for London between the 2d and Bth of January (inclusive) were the following : January 2.—Wynaud, from Shanghai. January 3.—Lord of the Isles, from Shanghai ; Friar Tuck, from Hong-kong ; Art Union from Foo-chow-foo. January 4. Evangeline, from the Mauritius; Hound, from Akyab ; Mont eagle, from Bombay; Captain Cook, from Singa pore ; Livingstone, from Shanghai ; Empress Eugenie, from Bombay. Jan. s.—King Lear, from Bombay; H. Ledunia, from Japan; Palmyra, from Calcutta ; the Cedars, from Cochin ; Fort George, from Whampoa ; Lydford, from Kurrachee. Jan. 6. —Mary Lee, from Macao. Jan. 7.—War Eagle, from Canton. Jan. B.—Menam, from Manilla ; and Thracian, from the Mauritius. The Imperatria sailed from Portsmouth at 10 a.m. yesterday for London. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut, T. M. M. Wynyard to the Formidable ; Joseph H. Ellis, chief engineer, to the Doris ; G. Tucker, chief engineer, to the ris- gard, for charge of the machinery of the Black Prince ; F. C. Alton, promoted to the rank of chief engineer, appointed to the Argus ; W. Lewis, Ist class assistant-engineer, to the Intrepid; J. A.Lodge, Ist class assistant-engineer, to the London ; Alfred Mason, Ist class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for charge of the Cygnet ; G. F. Crook, 2d class assist.- engineer, to the Cumberland, for charge of the ma chinery of the Griffin; J. G. Barrow, 2d class as sistant-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary; J. D. Lamont, 2d class assistant-engineer, to the Prin cess Royal ; W. Collier, promoted to the rank of 2d class assistant-enginee r in the Inflexible ; W. F. L. El w yn, midshipman, to the Sidon; W. L. Bennett and A. J. W. Neville, mas t ers ' assistants, to the Princess Royal. oyal. [ADVENTIsEmENT.I Pills and medicine invariably acr gtavate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to R. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the "INVALIDS' Owl. 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The Harrow Corps proved the victors by nine points, making a total score of 102 points against 93 of the West Middlesex company. The weather proved most unfavourable to the good shooting of either corps, as it was carried on in spite of the drizzing rain and fog, making it difficult to see the targets at the long range. At the conclusion of the contest the West Middlesex gave three hearty cheers for the successful competitors. The Lieutenant of the Harrow Rifles in return thanked the West Mid dlesex [for the friendly feeling shown, and con gratulated his own corps for having won a match from the A Company, who were the successful competitors against the Civil Service Rifles on a former occasion ; he therefore called upon the Harrow gentlemen to give three cheers for their gallant opponents, which was heartily responded to. Captain Fenton then handed in a challenge to the victors on behalf of the E or University College Company, West Middlesex, to compete on the same terms for another cup, and trusted that his company would be able to retrieve the lost laurels of the West Middlesex. The challenge was at once ac cepted, the day to be fixed by Captain Templar of the Harrow Rifles. The competition between 20 members of the West Middlesex and 20 of the St. George's Rifles will take place on Friday, the 22d of February, at 10 a.m., the ranges to be 300, 500, and 700 yards. The London Irish Rifle Volunteers will assemble for muster and inspection by Colonel the Marquis of Donegal, on Tuesday, the sth of March, in the Floral Hall, Covent Garden. The Civil Service Regiment (21st Middlesex) will assemble at the Charter-house for company drill on Tuesday and Friday next at 430 p.m. There will also be recruit drill at the General Post office daily at 9 a.m. The regiment will parade at Somerset-house on Saturday next at 3 p.m., and march to Battersea-park for battalion drill. Full dress, cap covers, and gaiters will be 'worn on this occasion. On Saturday evening the members of the Rifle Rangers (forming brigade with the Central Lon don) assembled at the Whittington Club to be sworn in. The effective strength of the Rangers is 300. The oath of allegiance having been admi nistered by Captain Walters, of the Central Lon don, in the presence of Major Boucher, the men were dismissed. - . . On Saturday the 2d Tower Hamlets Rifle Volun teers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, assembled a little before five o'clock, in America-square, Minories, for marching out. Although the weather was very unpropitious, there was a large muster, upwards of 500 men being present. The Volunteers, preceded by their band, marched through the various streets to the Strand and Hyde-park, returning by way of Ox ford-street, Holborn, &c. This corps now numbers about 1,000 men, and from their appearance must have been indefatigable in their drill. There is also a choral band attached to the corps. Yesterday morning the members of the East London Rifle Brigade (6th Tower Hamlets) mus tered at their head-quarters, Holton, for church parade. Counting all ranks, they numbered nearly 200, and among the officers present were Captains Walmisley (adjutant), Cameron, Johnson ,and Aubin, and Ensigns Perry and Suter, the whole being under the command of Capt. Hemming, the captain commandant; they were also accompanied by several honorary members of the corps, some of the Temperance Volunteers, &c. Headed by their two bands—of brass instruments and drums and fifes— they proceeded by way of the Downham and Kings land roads to West Hackney Church for divine ser vice, where an impressive and eloquent sermon was preached by the Rev. T. D. Lamb, the incumbent, from the 6th chapter of the Ist Epistle to Timothy, 12th verse. At the conclusion of the sermon, as the congregation was leaving the church, the National Anthem, with variations, was played on the organ with good effect, and the Volunteers, having been formed four deep, were again marched back by way of the Ball's-pond-road and Southgate-road to head quarters, and dismissed. The men marched steadily and well, and were followed on the road by a great number of spectators. On Tuesday next an assault of arms in aid of the funds of the corps is to take place at the British Institution, City-road, and on the 27th inst. a concert at the Myddelton-hall, Islington, with the same object, the expenses of the corps having hitherto been defrayed almost entirely by the officers attached to it. Nearly 100 of the 6th have already given in their names to the Adjutant to take part in the sham fight at Brighton, under Lord Ranelagh, on Easter Monday. Yesterday afternoon the members of the 2d Bat talion of the 20th Middlesex (Metropolitan) Rifles assembled at headquarters, Euston-road, for attend ance at divine service, and at 3 o'clock marched, headed by their band, and under the command of Capt. G. S. Bowyer, to Christ Church, Albany-street, Regent's-park. After prayers were concluded, the Rev. H. W. Burrows delivered an appropriate ser mon from the 3d chapter of Proverbs, and the 6th verse,—" In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths ;" after which they returned to headquarters by way of the Hampstead road. The 3d Hants Volunteer Artillery corps (Dock yard) have received four long 32-pounder guns, with their carriages and furniture, from Woolwich for drill purposes. The guns have been mounted in the commodious drill shed of the corps at the east end of the new foundry in the dockyard. Lieutenant- Colonel Sturdee, commanding the 3d Hants, has received his commission as commanding officer of the Ist Hants Artillery Administrative Battalion. The enrolment of the Wallingford corps of Berk shire Volunteers will take place in the course of the ensuing week. It is arranged that the members shall meet at the Lamb Hotel on Tuesday afternoon neat, and march thence to the Town-hall, where the several members will be sworn in. The corpo ration, in their robes of office, will form part of the procession. The proposed amalgamation of the first, second, and third Pembrokeshire Rifles with the Haver fordwest Rifles is not to be carried out, the project having met with the disapprobation of the members on account of the distance, the Pembrokeshire corps being chiefly composed of men employed in the dockyard. It is in lieu proposed to raise a fourth corps of the Pembroke Rifles, and thus unite the four into one battalion. The companies already formed are nearly at their full strength. A rifle corps, mustering 60 men, has also been formed at New Milford. The Cambridge University Corps has formally seceded from the Cambridge Rifle Club. The main terms of secession are as follows :—Members of the University Corps, who are not members of the rifle club, are to give up their claims to shoot upon the club ground after the end of Lent Term, 1861 ; the liabilities of the club to Dec. 31, 1860, are to be paid—one third by the club members and two thirds by the university members ; the club is to pay one fourth of the rent of the armoury to the end of the current quarter ; and certain articles specified are to remain the property of the University Corps. The University Corps has selected a practice ground of longer range, and an earthen butt is in course of erection, The Prince of Wales has been invited to accept the rank of hon. colonel. The members of the corps are to meet for drill every Wednesday during the present term. In Lincolnshire colours have just been presented to the Spalding Corps by Miss Hawkes, the pre sentation being made by Mr. Robert Everard, one of the Deputy-Lieutenants of the county. Ensign Maples, kneeling, received the colours, and replied in a suitable speech. The Lincoln Corps have ob tained the use of a farm at Waddington, for long _ range practice, a range of 900 yards being there attainable. The Yarmouth Volunteer Artillery have been practising with the heavy guns at the south bat tery of that town. The Yarmouth Rifle Volunteers are also now 200 strong. The Wymondham, Dereham, Fakenham, and Holkham companies rHE SUN, LONDON! MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1861. I have been brigaded by the Lord Lieutenant into a l battalion, and Captain Bellairs, Captain of the Wy mondham Corps, has been appointed adjutant. This appointment renders the command of the Wymondham Company vacant. The accounts of the Harwich Artillery Corps just presented show a satisfactory balance in hand. Prizes for the best shots, both with carbines and artillery, are promised by Mr. E. Garland, and it is proposed to provide a target for carbine practice. The Colchester town council has granted the use of the town•hall to the Volunteers of that town for evening drill, and tie Government authorities have also granted the corps a piece of ground near the camp for drill purposes. The Howdenshire Rifle Volunteers had a shoot ing contest a few lays ago at Saltmarshe, for the sum of £5, raised 'oy subscriptions, and offered in prizes of £2 10s., £1 10s., and £1 to the three marksmen who oltained the greatest number of points. The targe: was erected in a large field, belonging to Majo7Saltmarshe, adjoining the river Ouse, the bank of which served as a butt. Twenty one riflemen competed, each of whom fired five rounds, at 150 yards, and five at 200 yards. The three highest scorers were Messrs. Clayburn, Young, and Clayton, who tied. On shooting off, Clayburn stood flr3t, Clayton second, and Young third. TILE BONAPARTE-PATE.RSON TRIAL. The Bonaparte-Paterson cause was again resumed on Friday before the civil tribunal of the Seise. The Court sat at 11 o'clock. The hall was not as well filled as on the preceding Friday, when every body who could pracure a ticket hastened to hear the statement of the eloquent Berryer, the advo cate of Madame Elizabeth Paterson, and her son Jerome Bonaparte, When the President of the Court and the other judges had taken their seats M. Merveilleux-Duvignaux, the substitute of the Imperial attorney, rose. He commenced by stating that the struggle and its emotions had now ceased. Eight days had passed over and somewhat cooled the effects of the ardent words then uttered, and it was now the duty of the public officer to pro nounce with a calm voice the language of the law. Never did he better appreciate what he might be permitted to call the special dignity of his mission in a civil proceeding. He would not occupy him self with the parties in the cause, nor with the consequences which the judgment of the Court might produce. The respective advocates in the cause having fully stated the facts, it remained for the public officer to give his opinion with impar tiality and as simply as possible as to which side the law is. Under the title of a demand for an account and a division of property - M. Bonaparte and Madame Paterson raise the greatest of all State questions. They produce a certificate of mar riage to which a nullity is pleaded by the opposite party. The Imperial attorney's substitute then proceeded to examine the validity of the documents produced by Prince Napoleon to prove the nullity of the marriage. With respect to the sena tus consulte prohibiting the marriage of a French prince without the sanction of the Emperor Napo leon, he did not think it applied to Jerome Bona parte, inasmuch as he was not a prince at the period of his marriage. The second article of the Code Napoleon, moreover, enacts that it is to be applied only to future marriages. To the great surprise of the audience, M. Duvignaux declared that the Imperial decrees of the 11th and 30th Ventose, dissolving the marriage, were unconsti tutional. The latter violated at the same time the rule of the Constitution of the year 10, which only gave the Executive power the right of assuring the execution of the laws; and the 14th Article of the Benatus-consulte of the year 12, which gave to the Emperor the privilege of regulating the future duties of the Imperial family ; and, in fine, it vio lated the grand principle of the division of powers, the judicial authorities alone having a right to pronounce judgment on the civil position of citi zens. " But I will not," added the public officer, " In any manner advance on the burning ground of the appreciation of constitutional law and of the Imperial power. I make these observations to explain why, perhaps, the Government hesitated to publish that decree." He added that he attached no importance to the circumstance on which one of the counsel relied — that the word projet was endorsed on the draught of the decree. The explanations given by the learned director of the Imperial archives proved that several other draughts were so endorsed ; that the projet became a decree when it received the Imperial signature, and this draught bears the date signed by the Imperial hand; and that the word projet was defaced. But a fact of considera ble importance is, that this document remained locked up in the archives even after it was signed, and was never published. No trace could since be discovered of any publication or notification what soever made to those to whom the decree was ad dressed. It is to be remarked, moreover, that this decree regulated not only a matter of private inte rest, but it decided a point of public order—the validity of a marriage. Moreover, it contained not only a decision applicable to parties whose mar riage it annulled, but injunctions were made in it to public functionaries—a penalty was announced against those violating it. The nation ought to have been apprised of it, and it was not. The reason is— and that is the essential point—it was not intended that the decree should ever be en forced. M. Duvignaux then read the correspond ence between the first Napoleon, the Pope, the Archchancellor, and Prince Jerome, and he drew the conclusion that none of the acts executed by the Sovereign had annulled the marriage. Then, with respect to nullity according to the civil law, two infractions had been committed—the marriage was contracted without the consent of the mother of Jerome and there was default of publication in France. He could not insist on the want of consent on the part of the mother as constituting a clandes tine marriage. No decision of the judicial authori ties had ever been pronounced on it, and it is now buried in a double tomb. The real question remains —ls the marriage null for want of publication in France ? That question, so often discussed, has been decided in the affirmative, particularly by a decree of the 6th of March, 1837, which deserves notice. The following is the text : " Inasmuch as the 170th article, by providing that a marriage contracted in a foreign country is valid if it have been preceded by the prescribed publica tion, and the notification to the fathers and mothers, has by the same terms declared that any marriage contracted without the accomplishment of these formalities is null ; inasmuch as the article 170 cannot be interpreted with respect to marriages con tracted in a foreign country by the rules of the same code relative to marriages celebrated in France —That if the latter may be declared valid when there is neither publication nor notice to the parents it is because the law finds its sanction in the penal ties pronounced against the civil officers, while with respect to marriages contracted in a foreign coun try the law has no other means of giving a sanction to its prescriptions than by declaring the marriage invalid. That if it were otherwise it would be suf ficient for Frenchmen to pass into a foreign country in order to emancipate their marriage from all the conditions imposed on it by the French laws." The Imperial attorney's substitute does not be- lieve that so absolute - a system ought to be adopted. He founds his opinion, among other reasons, on the discussion on the subject in the Council of State when M. Tronchet reminded the Council that the formality of publication is founded on the principle that it is better to prevent a ♦icious marriage than to annul it after it is contracted. This opinion of M. Trouchet indicates implicitly that publication is merely a measure of precaution. The Imperial substitute then arrived at the two sentence; pro nounced on the same question by the council of the Imperial family, the first dated the 4th of July, 1856, and the second dated the sth of July, 1860, both of which decided against the claims of Madame Paterson and the MM. Bonaparte. " The entire affair is. definitively judged," concluded M. Du- vignaux,— "Such, gentlemen, in my opinion, is the real knot of the affair, and that would have rendered my argument on the other parts of the case unneces sary, but that the fact of the cause having been already judged may appear doubtful to you; and, moreover, because the slightest shade should not be cast on such a law suit. Your independence has been alluded to in eloquent language. But is it meant to say that the elevated position of one of the parties would give a certain merit to your impar tiality? You will rather have to defend yourselves against the instinctive sympathy inspired by the cause of a female—a forgotten idol—a son and a grandson without reproach, who demand not an inheritance in presence of a mute will, but the honour of their blood and of their name." The Court adjourned its judgment for eight days. CARDINAL ANTONELLI, PAINTED BY A .R0111A1V: The Nazione of Florence has published some striking articles by an eminent Roman on Cardinal Antonelli. The following is the first of the series, to which we shall probably recur : For twelve years there has been much talk in Europe, and out of Europe, of a man who directed the policy of Rome, and who was called Cardinal Antonelii. Various judgments have been formed of him, some exalting him as a great statesman, some running him down as an immoral and foolish man. At the present moment it will not be with out use if we present our readers with the portrait of this singular Minister, who without meriting reputation by any title has managed to gain it, though little resembling that of Erostratus. Who was James Antonelli, and by what merits has he come to wear the Cardinal's purple, and sit in the seat not only of first Minister, but of a Minister despotic and omnipotent ? It is needless to say that if the Antonelli family of Sonnino had any trees, they were not genealogical ones, but such as bandits use to hang honest travellers who.display a repugnance to be robbed on the highway. How ever, the father of the present cardinal, considering that in Rome an ecclesiastic might attain even the papacy, resolved to make little James a priest, and launch him in the eternal city. At Sonnino they do not talk much of stars, for there the inspirations of the poets are little known ; still the father trusted that in Rome some star would shine on his son, and he was right. How, indeed, could any star guide him to a glorious destiny in Sonnino, where the highest step in the hierarchy was parish priest, and where also were the head-quarters of a celebrated highwayman, too closely connected with his family by consanguinity.* The abbe, then, rolled himself from Sonnino to Rome, and began his career, with or without the help of God. The humility of his birth had accustomed him to make profound reverences—and these never do harm. An anatomical leanness, a pallid, emaciated coun tenance, in which nature had displayed little bounty, t gained a certain compassion, and made the impression that as a priest he might serve for a model of penitence —a sort of saint clothed in sack , cloth, and fed with fasting. Having won the good will and patronage of cer tain cardinals and prelates, little by little he managed to obtain the government of a province. He had studied little, indeed, very little. He was advised to trust in the Lord for success, and he started for Viterbo with or without God's blessing. But it seems that he had a programme in his pocket, in which was written that any Roman prelate could win the purple by persecuting real liberals, imagining liberals when the supply failed, having a certain number condemned to death, and finding out or inventing conspiracies and conspira tors. Monsignore said to himself, spero bene ; and his fortune seemed made. He did find that in Viterbo some young men occasionally met in secret to talk of politics and liberty; his countenance smiled with ferocious joy at this grand discovery ; he had them watched, surprised them in conversation, handed them over to the political tribunal, and ob tained a sentence of death against five of them. On the instant Monsignore Antonelli's fame became prodigious, and his prospects were placed beyond doubt t the Court of Rome said, " Behold one of my pillars !" He kept advancint higher and higher until he reached the most important grade in the Roman court, that of treasurer, being the suc cessor o f ' Cardinal Tosti, whose administration was i mmora l and prodigal. The treasurer is prelate of floechetto, which is a technical word of the monsignorial court, and which "materially" means that he and his horses may wear green tassels, but " juridically" that he has a right to the dignity of a cardinal. When, upon having attained such an elevation, he received the usual official and non-official visits, a Roman prince, whom we cannot for good reasons name here, wished to pay him a congratulatory visit. We shall merely say that the Antonelli family had conferred upon th a t o f th e v i s i tor rural administrative offices in the vast possessions pos sessed by the princely houses of Rome. This prince having been questioned after the visit (per fectly spontaneous on his part), as to what bearing had been assumed by the new treasurer, replied : —" He appears to be more astounded than myself at the rank to which they have raised him; it seems to me that he does not yet believe it him self!' The secular abuses and the disorder reigning in all the Pontifical States are the cause, more than anything else, why the person holding the office of treasurer gathers golden fruits for himself. Hence the reason why Cardinal Tosti wished and obtained leave to retain that office, which he did for many years after being made a cardinal ; hence every Minister of Papal finance tries to obtain what Cardinal Tosti obtained so diametrically for the public. Pius IX. found the prelate Antonelli a treasurer. The necessity and custom of renewals among other things were the reason why the governor of Rome and the treasurer were invested with red hats in the first batch of promotions made by the Pope; but Antonelli, now a oardinal, did not retain the management of the finances. The new cardinal was young, had become bold and enterprising. A master in dissimulation, he knew how to put the best face on whatever hap pened, and in view of the new times be set up for a liberal, applauding the Pope and all his acts ; he began to frequent great society, to converse with patriots, and make believe that he hated the Austrians more than an Italian democrat did. The acts committed by the prelate in the provinces were not remembered, and the people had hopes in this man ! Elected president of the Council of State his name was not received with repugnance ; and when after the statute was enlarged he was ap pointed President of the Council of Ministers, with Rccchi, Pasolini, Minghetti, and others, the hopes of the Romans increased; so much so that, whether rightly or wrongly, he obtained the reputation of being a good administrator. Shortly before this period he had come to an un derstanding with the Austrian minister to labour with united forces at the ruin of the Italian move ment. For the moment he was unable to control events ; it was requisite to guide them dexterously, to create and give birth to opportunities. It was a hard and laborious task, but there was no uncer tainty about his future conduct. Therefore the cardinal, with a cynicism worthy of the ti me o f Sejanul o and Tiberius, presided at the councils of the deceived ministers; in the discussions he made no difficulties in agreeing with the most liberal pro positions ; he contended for the inviolability of the statute. . . Then a little later, dexterously, and with a malice eclipsing that of the Cardinal Cresar Borgia himself, he terrified the conscience of the Popo, and caused threats to be held out to him of a speedily approaching religious schism, thus paralyzing the efforts of all the good, who would fain have led the Pope into a very different path from the one traced out by the Cardinal of Sonnino. When the war with Austria broke out he wrote the encyclical letter of April 29 against Italy, and to Farini that celebrated letter in which he protested his Italian sentiments ; he contrived to get the en cyclical letter itself published in the official journal, thus treating with contempt the Minister of the Interior, in whose province that journal lay ; he concealed from the Pope the secret meaning of that act, and caused him to declare to the ministers that he should have the encyclical letter toned down and corrected to the form desired by the public, and he rendered it impos sible for the Pope himself to show to the ministers, who demanded it, the text of the supposed cor rection while still in proof. Having thus made himself the secret author of a treason that pro duced a commotion, he assumed the garb of a St. Louis, and presented himself to the Council of Ministers, deplored the fatuity of the Pope, pro tested about the inviolability of the statute, and as constitutional Prime Minister first ratified the act with which he and his colleagues tendered their resignations. But the bargain struck with Austria would have come to nought if the Pope, so weak in mind, so changeable, could have fallen into other hands ; nor could the names of Mamiani and Fabri, who were rising into notice, reassure the workers of such iniquities. Cardinal Antonelli called into existence an office wholly new to the Roman Court, that of " governor of the sacred palaces," with which he felt sure of remaining for ever by the side of the Pope, and of virtually governing him. There was not a suite of apartments in the Quirinal goo d enough for a cardinal ! A mere trifle ths.t! The cardinal was satisfied with certain rude chambers, barely habitable; then he suddenly procured for himself (naturally enough) more coinfortablo quar ters. From that day to this the real pope has been the Cardinal of Sonnino. The patriots who directed public affairs at Rome after the Minister Antonelli, did all in their power to keep the pontiff to the mark, to gain him over to the Italian cause. Mamiani and Fabbri fell, despairing of success. * Gasparoni. t The celebrated writer has been for some years absent from Rome. The oardinal now, though spare, is far from being pitiful or rueful to look upon. Pellegrino Rossi came. Antonelli, who had smiled in pity at the creation of the other ministers, turned pale a little at the accession of Rossi, and trembled before so strong an adversary. The rather that Rossi began his work by purifying the Vatican, and dis missing those who might thwart him by troubling the conscience of the pontiff. And it is certain that Rossi would not have failed to rid the Quirinal of the pestilential breath of the scarlet-robed priest from Sonnino. Pellegrino Rossi, two months after taking: the helm, was stabbed at 1 o'clock in the afternoon on the steps of the parliamentary palace ; the assassin is still ',unknown, although so many murderers have been detected. We do not say, and do not wish to say, that the hand of that assassin was armed by the cardinal governor, for we merely affirm that which we know ; all we say is that he was slain, and that the murderer did not fall under human justice when Cardinal Antonelli governed the state. We wish, however, to instance a fact, because it is fully known to us. When Rossi took leave of the Pope to proceed to the Parliament, the Pope was visibly agitated by certain words and presentiments, and he emphatically recommended Rossi to be on his guard, and gave him his bene diction. When Rossi left, the Pope called Mon signor Giulio della Porta (chamberlain on duty that day), and desired him to proceed to Cardinal Anto nelli's apartments, and request him in his name to send some one to the court of the chancellery (a chamber of the parliament) to see what happened and bring back word directly. The cardinal was, or pretended to be, engaged in writing. Having heard the message, be raised his head aad replied with a smile, " Tell his holiness I have thought of it; and that we shall have news in a few minutes." The news came with the rapidity of lightning indeed, and what sad news! The revolution of Nov. 16 is well known. In the night of the 25th the Pontiff silently took the road to Gaeta, being accompanied by the cardinal governor and by that Austrian minister, who was not able, and who ought not to separate himself from such good com pany. Cardinal Antonelli became thus the first citizen of Austria, the man who deserved best of the house of Hapsburg, the most fatal man to Italy. He was accompanied on that journey with the silent or expressed curse of twenty-seven millions of civic men. From the date of his arrival at Gaeta begins a new period of his life, that of the despotic minister, who, designing to ruin Italy, ruins the papacy. APPALLING SCENE AT THE 3fOUT.H OF THE TYNE. SHIELDS, SATURDAY NIGHT. A most appalling scene has been witnessed by thousands of persons off our coast this day, and more it is to be feared will occur before to-morrow morning. Last night the wind got round to the east by north, blowing fearfully, with a heavy sea and blinding showers. Our pilots were on the alert, and between half-past twelve and one o'clock this morning the Minerva, of Whitby, bound from London to Seaham, came ashore. The Providence life-boat put off, manned by pilots ; and after a gallant struggle with the fearful seas, got along side, the waves driving them back several times before doing so. In heaving a grapnel aboard the vessel, the hook struck a seaman and wounded him in the face. One boy, John Storm, in attempting tojump into the life-boat, fell into the sea, but he got hold of a rope and held there for 10 minutes, until the life boat came alongside and saved him, but in rescuing him one of his legs was broken. The crew were all saved and brought ashore. The Sarah Ann, of North Shields, drove ashore about two o'clock, and the crew of this vessel was likewise nobly saved by the South Shields life boats. About half.past 7 this morning, the schooner Fowlis, from Inverness, drove on the Herd Sand, and drifted amongst the stones of the South-pier. No less than four life-boats put out to the assist ance of the crew, and many a gallant struggle was made to get alongside the vessel. The Providence life-boat was stove-in in four places, but all proved ineffectual to get alongside the vessel. It was at tempted to throw a line from the shore. That did not succeed. The apparatus for saving life was thereupon got on board one of the life-boats, the Tyne, and fired, and a line was got to the vessel by this means. The captain, Mr. Fraser, and the . , mate, Fatquhor Fraser, were saved, when th-a line broke. Peter M'Kenzie, a sailor, swam' o t h e life boats, and wa s a l so saved. Geri. ge Patience, Alexander Pati ence , an d Hugh_ rase were left on board, and in the preselne of an immense number of sympathisers, the life-boats struggling on for three hours in tkeir endeavours to save them. They could not succetd. The tide rose and the sea con tined to rise with it with fearful violence. The waves lashed and beat over the doomed vessel, the me.ri clinging to the rigging and deck until the ves sel began to break up. Alexander Patience and Hugh Fraser clung to the deck, George Patience to the side of the vessel. About half-past 11 the vessel parted ; when the two last-mentioned men were swept away amongst a mass of wreck, and within 100 yards of the shore, and in the presence of 1,500 people, perished. The scene was awful. One of the life-boats made several gallant attempts to save the other man, but could not reach him. He drove ashore, holding by the stanchion of the deck, caught a line, was dragged to land, and saved amidst immense cheering. The vessel is broken into fragments. So is the Minerva. The body of Hugh Fraser has been driven ashore. About half-past twelve this afternoon a laden brig, the I n d us , b e l ong i ng to N ort h Shields, in at tempting to reach the harbour, drove on the fearful Herd Sands. Two lifeboats put off to the rescue of the crew, and the men were got into the Northum berland and gallantly brought ashore. The Caasar, of Whitstable, a laden schooner, which sailed from West Hartlepool yesterday, on running for the Tyne, drove on the Herd Sand. The life boats were again manned by pilots, and pulled off to the rescue of this crew. They succeeded in getting their boats alongside the vessel and brought them ashore. The Star, bri g , h as run i n here this afternoon with her mainmast gone, and other ves sels have been running for this port all the after noon, but no more disasters have occurred down to closing this parcel. It is reported that a vessel has gone ashore at Suter Point, and that her crew are drowned. That has not been confirmed. The vvea_ ther is as wild as ever to-night. TILE CONVICTS AT CIiATHAIII. A fresh outbreak has taken place among the con victs at Chatham, far more alarming than any which has occurred here. The number of convicts em., ployed on St. Mary's Island on Friday was 350, and these were marched over to their work at the usual hour that morning, the whole being in charge of Mr. Burton, principal warder, and 30 other warders, all armed in the usual manner. The convicts pro ceeded with their work as usual during the whole of the morning until the time for dinner, an hour being allowed for that meal. It is usual for 250 men to remain on the island to dine in two large buildings erected for that purpose, the remaining number tieing marched over to the prison. The dinner was served out to the men on the island in the usual manner, when several, who were ring leaders in the outbreak, began complaining that the food was not "good enough" for them, and that the soup was' poor." On the complaint being made by the convicts that their food was not to their liking, Mr. Burton, the principal warder, promised that their complaint should be inquired into, when he was answered with an oath, and the contents of one of the soup tins dashed in his face. This was the signal agreed upon for the commencement of the outbreak, and immediately afterwards the con tents of innumerable tins of soup were thrown over Mr. Burt on , w h o was qu i ckly drenched to the skin. The greatest uproar now ensued, the convicts yell ing, h oo ti ng , an d swearing, hurling their dinner utensils ab ou t, smas hi ng t h e windows, throwing the remainder of their dinner at the warders, and com mencing to tear u p th e t a bl e s a nd other articles of furniture. D ur i ng t h e uproar B asse tt, a convict, mounted a table at one end of the room and addressed the convicts in the most violent language, urgi ng them to " stick by" each other and to make the warders escape, at the same time exhorting them not 10 cheers from e their work, and to murder any of t d(nperate charac interfering. This was answered by lo down the spouting the men. Several of the more . th wtich they armed them selves,ters likewise . commenced w. pullt . n o v round the b l e u o i ltdhienrgs, Tend eavoured for this purpose to force away the , - n bars of the windows. The free workmen em ployed on th e i sland, fearing that murder we,u ld i nevitably ensue, rushed into their boata and rowed aw a y i nto the middle of the river. Atter resorting to other acts of violence most of the convicts consented to resume their work with the exception of about nine of the worst characters, in cluding . Bassett, all o f whom had been foremost in the mutiny. A strong body of warders subse quently proceeded to the island, where the whole number were secured, an d, h av i ng been ironed, were all chained together and marched off to the prison, where they were all heavily ironed and placed in the punishment cells. 01 Saturday a number of the other convicts, whose names were taken by the warders, were also removed to the punishment cells for be ing concerned in the mutinous outrage. Dur ing the whole of Saturday and yesterday the con victs in these cells created the greatest disturbances by kicking the doors, hooting, and yelling. (Lt, THE FRENCH ARMY. The following is from the " Official Situation of the French Empire :" " MILITARY OPERATIONS. - During the year 1860 France, independently of the forces stationed in her 22 territorial divisions, has furnished active armies in Algeria, in Syria, in China, and finally in the Roman States, in order to ca use th e d oma i n an d inviolability of the Sovereign Pontiff to be respected,; she has sustained glorious conflicts wherever an im perious duty made appeal to the valour of her sol diers. To carry on simultaneously such enter prises, the ordinary budgets could not suffice ; but there is only one sacrifice which our country will never submit to—that of resting cold and indetive in presence of a great idea—of a great social inte rest. " THE RESERVE.—The formation of the reserve of the army is one of the most considerable facts which mark the year 1860. This important mea sure places the military force of France on wider bases, without adding anything to the obliga tions imposed by the law of March, 1832, in the recruitment of the army; if, indeed, a com parison is drawn between the method fol lowed for some years, which consisted in sum moning the whole of an annual contingent, and sending back a part of it after a service under flag of two or three years, it will be recognised that, far from being an aggravation, the present system of reserve is rather a real relief to the popu lation. In fact, by this system, the first portion of the contingent is destined every year to recruit the army in active service; the other portion is sent home in time of peace, and is only summoned for instruction to the departmental depots during six months, distributed over the three first years fol lowing its matriculation. " These dispositions, combined with those of the law of April 2(l, 1855, on engagements and re engagements after liberative or administrative dis placements, will endow the army with the most precious constitutive elements. RE - ENGAGEMENTS.—The law of July 24, 1860, profoundly modifying, in many points, that of April 26, 1855 (dotation of the army), has already produced the expected results; thus, the faculty accorded to subalterns and soldiers to con tract a new engagement in their fourth instead of their seventh year of service only has given such an impulse to re -engagements, that they amounted, in two months to 14,000. "MILITARY SCHOOLS.—The organisation of the military school of cavalry has been seriously modi fied. "The Imperial Military Prytaneum, the decay of which was revealed by serious disorders in 1859, is recovering itself under the influence of regulations more suited to the spirit of its institution. " GENDARMERY.—New brigades have been esta blished where the necessities of the service required it ; the organisation of certain legions of gendar merie, stationed in Corsica and Algeria, has under gone changes required by the special nature of the service. " ARTILLERY.—The personnel of the Artillery has been completely re-organised. The arsenals are pursuing the fabric of the new material destined for the armament of our strongholds and coasts. " ENGINEERS.—The service of the Engineering department has provided for the works of coast defence—has vigorously pushed on the enlargement of Lille and Toulon —has established, on a large base, the barracking of the city of Marseilles ; and will soon terminate the finest field for ma noeuvres possessed by any European Power—the Camp of Chalons. ADMINISTRATION. —New regulations destinedi to complete our administrative system are elabo rated by the permanent committee of administra tion of war. " MILITARY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT STRAS BOURG.—A military school of medicine is opened_ at Strasbourg, taking for the elements of its instruction the lectures of the Faculty of Medicine in this city; its organisation has been pitt in harmony with that of other military schools. The train of military equipages has received) useful ameliora tions; the system hitherto ao.opted for the trains is radically changed; the parks of equipm en t com plete, and k eep on Paeir premises the carriages necessary for the transport of the baggage of etats majors and recalls to officers of all arms. This measure the ranks many men employed in the , con duP" of horses and pack•mules, and suppresses ir ) :/tilities for the benefit of active service. The same advantage will result from the organisation, on a large scale, of civil ateliers destined to co operate in the fabric of articles of uniform. These ateliers will insure supplies of reserve, will give ali ment to central magazines of clothing established in each great military district, and will thus render possible, in case of need, the equipment of army reserves in a few days. Such are the principal dis positins taken in 1860, by the war administration to provide for present wants, and to be able to wait in security for the events of the future." COUNTRY MAIiKETS., LEICESTER-FEB. 9. The supply of wheat to-day was hardly so abundant am last week, with a firm demand. White wheat, 71a to 785 —red, 64s to 70s per 36 stone; a very moderate sale for barley, grinding, 32s to 348 ; malting, 37s to 43s per qr. oats, 24s to 38s per 24 s t one. B eans —old, 56s to 58s, new, 38s to 40s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 50s I Seconds, 47s I Thirds, 45s per 20 stone. NORWICH—FEB. 9. At this market to-day wheat was in fair supply, and last week's rates were fully realised for all descriptions. Bar ley in limited supply, and in some instances malting sold at is more money White wheat 65s to 67s I Red wheat 56s to 62s Malting barley....4ss to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 448 Distilling do.. ....318 io 34s I Oats.. 26s to 30s Flour, 42s to —s Od per sack from the miller. YORK— FEB. 9, The trade was dull, and wheat was in small show; sales were effected at previous prices. Wheat, red 4Bs to 58s i Oats.... 24s to 26s White do .60s to 65s 1 bean s 48s to Ms Barley ..38s to 42s c I .:'eas ••• • .--8 to —s Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rie, 38s per qr ; flour, 48s • to bOs per sack. STAMFORD-FEB. 9. A limited supply of wheat at market yesterday, which sold at last week's prices. Barley realised late rates. Oats the turn higher. Beans, old, very dear. Wheat 50s to 60s I Oats.. 24 s t o 20 s White do 62s to 65s I Beans 42s to 44s B ar l e y ...... .....34s to 46s I Ditto, old sBs to 60s TILE MAILk);-. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Overdue. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. Feb. —. Cuba and Mexico . . Canada, &a. (via L'derry) „ Feb. 6. Cape of Good Hope, &c. March 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Feb. 18. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Feb 10. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Feb. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. India (Bombay), (via 'Southampton) .. Feb. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 20. Lisbon .. Feb. 11. Malta, Egypt, and .den (via Southampton) .. Feb. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 11. United States, California, &c. .. Feb 14. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Feb. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Feb. 13. THE MYSTERIOUS ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN DußLlN.—Joseph Dwyer was, on Friday, charged at the Dublin Assizes with attempting to murder William Mul holland, on the 27th of December last. The particulars of this extraordinary case will be fresh in the recollection of our readers. Mr. Curran, who appeared for the prisoner, said he would advise him tro plead guilty to the count charging him with shooting with intent to kill. The plea was entered, and the prisoner ordered to stand by till the following day, when affidavits in mitigation of punishment were to be filed. B 1 It 'V H ASTON.—On the 9th just., ut 41, Doughty-street, Meck lenburg-square, the wife of James Jones Aston, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. LESLIE.—On the 7th inst., 31 Leamington Priors, the wife of Charles S. Leslie., Esgt., younger of Balquhain, of a son. M A It ItjAGES. B A D Y4 7th inst., at St. Paul's, of St. Clement's-lane, Etfso—PARTRIDGE. A M RI r R . city, to Elizabeth, only surviving daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Partridge, of Greenwich. l I D I G en E r .-- y O B n ay t n h e e s, GREEN—CATER.--On the 9th inst., at St. Paul's, Dept ford, David., fifth son of Th omas Green, Esq., of New cross,Cornhill, to Ell e n Eliza, daughter of the lat e J o h n Cater, Esq., R.N. elaest and daug St. Michael's House, DigATEls. DE LACY EVANS.—On the Bth inst., at 3, Bryanston-sq., Msette, wife , of Lieut..Genral Sir Be Lacy Ev a ns, .p., MACDONALD.—On the sth inst. at Brighton, the Hon. Archibald Macdonald, age d 8 '1 : Ov'BN.—On the 6th inst., at *Taynton House, Gloucester ihire, Sir John Owen, Ba 7 t., M.P., aged 85. Wrio'rn'rdso.—n G O a n ze th tt e e, 9 a t a h efa in l s s t.., Richard Francis Crook, the youngest son of t h e l atPa Francis Watts, Esq., of the TEO.-011 the 7th inst., Ann, wife of Robert Yco, Esq., of Albion-street, Hyde park, aged 46. 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