The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

THE C JIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (F Pont the correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, NOV. 27. It seer tied fated that the national solemnities ob served ' ny the people of the United States should this ye 49.. r be signalized by events propitious to their cause, rand the Americans are, naturally enough, fain tr.) see in the coincidence the best proof that "Hea yen is with them." The 4th of July brought then i the news of the victory at Gettysburg and the sur render of Vicksburg. 'thanksgiving Day, for wl .ich the 26th of this month Was app o i n t e d, et leered them with the tidings of " the splendid victory of Grant's Grand Army," th e capture of 5,000 to 10, 000 prisoners and 40 pieces of artillery, and the retreat and probable dispersion or sur render of Bragg's force." As at Gettysburg there was a moment, on the second day of the battle, in 'which the Southerners, by a timely movement, could have utterly crushed their enemies, so an Opportunity had equally offered itself to Bragg, 800 E. after Chickamauga, to achieve the (Instruction of Rosencranz's army, had he taken advientage of the extremities to which the Federals wee .e reduced, previous to the opening of their cora net inications at Bridgeport. After opening the T ennessee River for their benefit, the Northerners leave been undisturbed, preparing for that onset ' which, in the course of a few days, was to drive IBragg from a position which his own irresolution sand sluggishness had rendered untenable. Already for several weeks the Southern papers had thrown out broad hints that Lookout Moun tain must be abandoned, and all the accounts that reached us through deserters described the state of Bragg's army as anything but encouraging. We had, however, become very loth to believe mere runaway stories, and the " demoralisation " of the Confederate army had been too trite a theme on the part of the Northern press to deserve much atten tion. There seems little doubt, nevertheless, that it was through deserters that General Grant ascer tained, on Sunday evening, that Bragg was in full re treat. Roused by that report, the Federal Com mander in Chief ordered a reconnaissance in force on the Mondayeetenich was followed by a general en gage ment on the Tuesday, and ended in the total defeat of the Confederates on the Wednesday. The par ticulars yeas will have doubtless received before this letter can be printed, through the telegraph. I would only wish. to observe that the battle occurred be tween, tan army which had been for weeks making ready for a regular onslaught, and another army caught in the midst of the hurry and confusion inseparable from a retreat. The aim of Bragg was to steal. see gay, and the first, discovery made by his enemy vies that he had rent his heavy artillery to the seen :. On the first day there was mere skirmish ing, t/ ae rifle pits were carried by storm, a few share , shooters were captured. The second day wit ness ad a more deliberate attack on Lookout Ie loun teen, the occupation of a part of which led to the a bandonment of the whole. Missionary ridge, which was stoutly defended on that same day, was given nip on th e f o l lowing, and the retiring Southerner, hopeless of farther resistance, only thought of mak uggoad his retreat, by the destruction of bridges and the burning of stores, provisions, &c. That the fighting, except at one point on Mis sionary Ridge, was not of any great consequence, We ratty be tempted to infer from the small number of casualties on either side, so far as we can make out 'from the reports which have hitherto reached us. Gen. Grant gives no particulars of the killed and Nsenteded, rank and file, but simply the names of thro e officers killed and eight wounded, while the pri aoners taken from the enemy are variously corn- Prated at 5,000, 6,000, and even 10,000, besides 40 Va 60 pieces of artillery, 5,000 stand of small arms, 10 battle flags, &c. dad Bragg stood up for the defence of so formidable a position as he held, even with a 'weakened army, and against widely superior forces, he might have sold the victory to the enemy at a far dearer price. However comparatively easy and bloodless the success of the Federals may be, it is not the less full and signal, and of such an importance as to cast all their former achievements into the shade. Bragg is said to have fatten back as far as Dilton. General Tnomas announced on Wednesday evening that he would pursue the enemy in the morning. Hooker was reported to have reached Ringgold, about 15 miles from Chattanooga, and the upshot of it all was that the great position on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge was irreparably lost to the Confederates, and that they had no great chance of a safe resting place between Dalton and their basis of operation ea Atlanta. Can General Grant follow up his victor y ? His army, we are told, has long been on hrelf rations; it is wanting in all supplies, especially in means of transport. It is not im possible; that this consideration, and the activity of the Southerners in the destruction of roads and brietges, may induce him to stop in mid career, and Pat off the further advance into Georgia, and the farad subjugation of the South till next spring; but in the meanwhile who can calculate the extent of 'this his late success, and its results on the relative Position of the contending parties? All the great v alley of Tennessee is, at last, in Federal hands. the communication b e t ween V irg i n i a an d t h e so uth-west,, alon g th a t roa d, i s l ost to t h e C on f e d e - X", past hope. Burnside's army at Knoxville is theand L ongs t ree t, w h o was only yesterday the a, tie all the ger, of whom Bragg wrote that "he held betweettit'ads leading into Knoxville, except the one will havettoleton and the French Broad Rivers," allowed t t :aaon to thank his good fortune if he is Generals attatin Bragg before some of Grant's The last the :sine in his r ear or cut o ff hi s retreat. been gloriously Z eli h Or four days, meanwhile, h ave and bright, and the Army of p the Potomac, which 11 pro le expected would not again move duri ng vim e n r, because " Ki ng M u d it, and the order to forbade," has now clear sad tolerable roads b e f ore m issued. The news of G ran t forward" has been greet doings had reached Meade's head-quarters ye a t erati begot moruing, and had spread among the soldiers they set out, thril • h eager desire t ling thorn w ith e' tl to the valour eo n e is said to of their Western comrades. Gentrai, Lee is have 36,000 infantry and 1 .0,000 meea tdorye—a force vastly inferior to that which e t an muster . against him. His line extends %lou t the south bank of the Rapidan, from White's vern to Mile Run. President Davis was with Lee very lately, and is perhaps still with him. A great review of e teu _ Southern troop s was held on Wednesday, when en the President addressed stirring words to that e auelt. enduring soldiery. On the other hand, the Feder a l army is said to " present a megnificent spectacle?. It marched yesterday, at 8 o'clock in the morning, in three cdeutrees. A battle was expected to come off at Qertna nia Ford, b ut hith erto no act i o n is reported . No pan of mine ca n a t tempt to d escr ibe the exul tateion of these Northern people on the arrival of the grand news from Caattanuaga. The excitement was great even iu this harum-scarum city. whic h was yesterday wholly bent on the full enjoyment 'of its holiday, and crowded theatres, saloons, and callers to such an extent that tens of thousands of spectators and merrymakers beset the doors of all those places of entertainment, vainly waiting for a chance of admission. But in the more sober towns of New England, iu Philadelphia, in Washington, the joy of the people rose to frenzy, and the bulle tits from the borders of Georgia were read in almost all th e c h urc h es b y way of text to the ser mon,, The news is great in itself, but the friends of Aunt r . inerican Union exaggerate, if possible, its im portance, and are ready to cry " Finnis Secessins !" A new e espat which he announces the " complete rout of the enemy," the caissons, and oc ca s ions:tc'und encumbered with waggons, theee latter, at least pieces of artillery ; 60 of dera tes. General Gran a t ae a d been lost by the Confe con tieue to Red °thy th d e s that the pnrsuit will ea s o ien he was about to start morning, orning, a place for f in a few hours. Red CluY is a small p„ t _ vi l 1 few ge in Whitefielo count y, Georgia, a miles in advan ce the Georgia and in of Ring gold, very n ear ennessee baundary to th line. It is about 16 miles north of D a l ton, on Tennessee and a branch of the _BestGeorgia Rail way, and its ocea ation cuts off all n probability of Longstreet jo ini ngßragg, were he to attempt to fail back upon him. It is difficult to estimat e to its full extent the calamity w hich has befall en the Confederacy are not Southern arms. Bragg and the in a condition to recover the loss of the thousands of men and of the vast materiel that they have left on the field, nor is the army now on its way to Dal ton likely soon to recover from the panic and disor ganisation into which it has been thrown, while the tidings of its defeat cannot fail to strike dismay into the heart of Longetreet, and, perhaps, even paralyze the arm of the hitherto invincible Lee. So much has been lost by one stroke, not by actual de feat, but, most probably with very little fighting, by an ill-projected and worse conducted retreat. Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, and, by way of enlivening the solemnity, a negro regiment (the 2d United States Coloured), the first that ever was seen in New York, was paraded along the streets. The appearance of these " gorillas in re gimentals," as the Copperheads call them, excited some attention, but gave rise to no disturbance, in spite of the merry-making Irishry through whom they passed, and notwithstanding the old grudge that Paddy is said to bear against Sambo. Neither, however, did yesterday see the clapping of hands, or hear the acclamation with which a sight of that nature was greeted in Boston, when I stood on the steps of the Tremont.house four months ago; for New York, with its motley population and its all absorbing dollar-worship, cannot be expected to go the lengths of earnest and stubborn and fanatical New England. That the Yankee must familiarize himself with the idea of a political association of the negro with his own proud destinies, that he must even wink at the fusion and amalgamation of the races is, however, matter which leaves room for little doubt. Already the blackie steps fearless and even somewhat swaggering in, elbowing his Cau casian brethren in all public rooms and conveyancca. The barrier which centuries of instinct, or, if you prefer, prejudice, had raised is everywhere falling to the gronud, and the New York papers actually have matrimonial advertisements by " two full blooded, lik e ly negroes away down South, who are looking out for some l oyal young ladies of cheerful • disposition, handsome, intelligent, dark-haired, dark eyed, fair comp l exion, and not over 20 years of age, with a view to mirth and marriage." Well might Mr. Ward Beecher preach yesterday from the pulpit at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn : "There is nothing that will make the common people so quickly sympathise with the African as the knowledge that he will fightland he does fight, and if that is a test, is there fore a man. Although war is not thought to be a civiliser, yet men have been held so low that even war is elevation. And so it is with the coloured men--they come up a great way before they have a right to touch the sword, and when they have laid their hand on it, the heroism of it fires their hearts, and with it they hew themselves, in their rugged and narrow path, a higher place. When 10,000 negroes can show that they, in heroic service for us, have given their blood for ours, then will you let them or their kind be trampled under foot any more f" Well might the audience, regardless of the sacred ness of the place, welcome with loud plaudits the close of their preacher's sermon: As they chose to have the black to fight their battles, so it is right, not only that the black and their kind should cease to be trampled under foot, bat also that the two races should be brought upon a footing of equality, sufficient not only to remove all civil, social, and political disabilities, but also to overcome all personal repugnance, and when the close of the war brings back to the North 100,000 swarthy Othellos, who have given their blood for the stay-at-home white man, it must go hard with them if they do not find among the Yankee girls 100,000 Desdemonas, fair creatures, in whose eyes a dark man may be a pearl." The stir among the working classes to improve their condition, under the peculiarly difficult circum stances into which a debased currency has plunged this otherwise thriving country, has generally sub sided, but will not be completely at an end till capital has everywhere done justice to the claims of labour. "The latest class of men who have held out threats of a strike fora rise in their wages are the labourers in the Lord's vineyard, the clergy. The Bishop of New York, Potter, has addressed a circular to the churchwardens, vestrymen, and laity generally, in his diocese, stating " that the parochial clergy are subjected to serious loss and suffering in wise , . quence of the depreciated value of the current money of the country,' and " unless their nominal salaries are increased they will find it nearly impossible to melt their necessary expens2s." Increase, by all means I Only if the great greenback bubble bursts, and the currency is established on a sound and rea sonable basis, will the journeyman's wages or the clergyman's salary be easily brought down back again to its former standard, and will the country have the means to hire either, even on the old scale of remuneration ? NOVEMBER 28. Further accounts of the dissolution of Bragg's army come in almost hourly. We are too familiar with the Yankee style of despatch-writing and tele graphing to have any doubt that the tidings are grossly exaggerated. Grant's own bulletins, how ever, are entitled to full credit, and even if only half of his statements were to be admitted, we should have to conclude that the rout is complete and the disaster irreparable. The number of prisoners swells now to 7,000, and even 8,000, and the disper sion of the implements of war, of course, keeps pace with the scattering of the soldiers. The Southerners throw down their arms, and seem only " longing to be speedily vanquished and captured." Some resist ance was attempted at Chicamauga, but it was soon overpowered. Bragg is falling back in the direction of Red Clay, but Hooker and Palmer were already, the evening before last, close upon him, 10 miles be yond Chicamauga. What is more important, if true, Col. Long's cavalry made a raid to the East Tennes see Railroad the same night, and destroyed 15 miles of it, thus effectually cutting off Longetreet's retreat, and depriving him of all hope of joining Bragg. Longstreet is likely enough to march round Knoxville, and attempt an escape into Virginia, though he would in all probability have to keep up a running fight with Burnside's lately besieged army, which would not fail to sally out of Knox ville and harass him in the rear. Of the real state of affairs about Knoxville we have, however, no recent intelligence. The army of the Potomac effected the crossing of the Rapidan on the 26th, on three points, divided in three columns, without meeting any resistance what ever. Meade telegraphed last night, at midnight, that "be had been successful at all points." Pos sibly he may only mean successful in getting across the river ; bat there are rumours of a battle having been fought near Orange Court-house, whence can nonading was heard. Up to this moment, 10 o'clock a.m., nothing positive has reached us. What was not achieved by Meade yesterday will not probably came to pass very speedily to-day, as we have again % , r,. ' tl a . ll sluggish rain in New York, which, if it to4cialttnee_ti.l.e Virginian battlefields, can scarcely fail the mud. win et r ek tae ardour of the combatants. The armies The z ea l : tanooga are ral losses in the disorderly affair at Chat delaguely reckoned at less than 3,000 d and I repeat, that tiaztion, from all I read and hear is, many. My coe ° , 4 .ed ; very likely they were not so M en was \vas but little and that desul tory fighting. e to Grant, saying," Mind, your enemy is tryi ng _ ta to steal away ;" and he said, It e . no objection to giving .. If they want to run, / hav a helping kick: , shy "laaaehatremely probable have yet shirked a battle till the other, and might tthhaetalboth parties were 'Weather had ren dered all operations impossible; for .y read e means of inferiority in numbers, and of the depress e d sp i ri s t of his troops, to risk an eng a g eme nt even in his good position if by a timely retreat he had b ee n able to avoid it. A few deserters turned the t i de of destiny. --.......M=.1, - - Horniman' s T ea i s c h o i c e and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in dackets by 2,280 Agents. [ A DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway'B Pills.--No Dis trus t. 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Mr. Sydney Hodges, Secretary of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, in a letter to a con temporary, dated Falmouth, December 7, says t—. _ . r ° past rumours have been cu rren t that the som e years hebnr therof a mason named Porter, living in comfortable circumstances, had been kept for many years in close confinement in a small room at the back of the premises in which Porter and his family reside. Heartrending cries and howls have been repeatedly heard by the neighbours, especially on cold winter nights; but, although the sympathy of many was aroused, no one deemed it his duty to in quire into the circumstances of the case, not dream ing, probably, of the horrors that were to be revealed. Rather more than a year ago Dr. Byrne, a well known medical practitioner from the county of Dur ham, now residing in this town, was compelled to seek the warm climate of Flushing for his health, and incidentally heard these rumours. Not satisfied to allow the matter to remain uninvestigated, he col lected all the evidence he could, and was so satisfied that the case was one demanding a strict inquiry that, with a most praiseworthy decision, he com municated the facts to the Home Secretary, who at once appointed him special commissioner, and sent down two other commissioners, who, in com pany with Dr. Byrne, went to Porter's house on Thursday last and demanded admission to his brother. Porter himself was absent, but, after some little parley with the other inmates, Dr. Byrne, who had obtained some insight into the plan of the premises, led the way through the house across a yard and up a flight of steps, where, concealed from view round a corner, they found a door, which ad mitted them to the den in which the lunatic was confined. The sight which met their gaze was too revolting to be described with all its horrid details. The place consisted of four bare, wet, plaster walls, with a small window on one side, and the door by which they had entered; a doorway opposite, for., merly communicating with the house, was plastered up, so as to cut off all communication, except by the flight of steps at the back. In one corner of the roam was a wretched truckle bedstead, with cross pieces of wood, rotten with filth, about six inches wide and the same distance apart. On these bare boards was crouched a being more resembling a baboon than a man, drawn and cramped, from long exposure and suffering, out of all form of humanity, stark naked, and with only two old rotten bags for a coverlet. I have said like a baboon, from the peculiar form into which the limbs were drawn; the knees almost touched the chin, and were pressed close down upon the chest, I imagine for warmth ; the feet close together and bent down one over the other, also I imagine for warmth; the hands clinched and brought up close to the chin ; the arms closely pressed against the sides. The knee and hip joints were anchylose ; the elbow joints were also stiffening. The floor and the walls were one mass of accumulated filth, the flour rotten with it, the stench horrible ; and there are other circumstances of the ease too dreadful for publication. For upwards of 20 years the tender mercies of his nearest relatives have consigned him to this living tomb—not a rag to lie upon, not even a wisp of straw ; nothing but the naked board, and the two old bags to cover him. Would a raving maniac be consigned to such a doom ? God forbid ! What, let us ask, is the mental condition of this poor wretch ? Simply im becile. A most mild, benevolent expression of coun tenance, a childlike submission to all that is done to him, no symptom of violence or even anger of any kind, anl strong indications of intelligence in many things, even after these weary years of neglect and cruelty. Yesterday, in company with Dr. Byrne and some friends, I visited the poor creature, for the purpose of getting a sketch of the remarkable position in which he had remained for so many years. The arrangements being then completed, two intelligent keepers from the county asylum washed, dressed, and took him away to that admirably conducted establishment at Bodrnin, where we fervently hope that both his mental and bodily condition may soon be improved. Of all the moving incidents of the case, not the least was the seene on emerging from the house. Many hundreds of people were col lected round the conveyance, to which the keeper carried him in his arms like a child. "My God ! Can that be a man " " God bless you, Dr. Byrne !" were the exclamations that burst from the lips of the multitude. Few eyes were d►y, especially when some who had known him as a strong intelligent youth pressed forward and shook him by the hand. I am told the Commissioners stated that in an experience of forty years they had never met with a case eo awful. I trust, Sir, )ou will give it pro minence in your columns, for the terrible reflection forces itself upon us, when we see of what humanity is capable, that this case may not be singular. Are Caere any other similar rumours of cruelty that demand investigation ? Alleged Negligence of the Police in the Case of Mr. Law, Yesterday Mr. John Humphreys, one of the Mid dlesex coroners, resumed at the Panther Tavern, Hope Town, Bethnal-green, the inquiry relative to the death of Mr. Charles Law, aged 45 years, a surgeon lately practising in the east end of the metropolis. On last Saturday fortnight the deceased was arrested while in the act of surreptitiously disposing of the dead bodies of two newly-born children in the Kingsland-road. While in custody he mani fested symptoms of insanity, and on the Monday evening, when he was liberated on bail, his intellect was so completely gone that he could not be made to recognise any of his family, and he spoke, or rather raved of fairies dancing about him, and of birds and fishes. He died in that condition on Wed nesday morning of delirium tremens. It was alleged that his gaolers procured him no assistance while in custody. They declared that he was " only shamming," and it was said that they never called in any medical man toascertain whether the insanity was feigned or real. When the inquest was opened, Dr. Wallace gave it as his opinion that if the deceased had upon the outbreak of the attack while in custody been attended by a medical man, and had received the necessary nourishment and stimulants, he would, quite possibly, be now alive. The coroner adjourned the inquiry to the present occasion for the purpose of investigating this serious charge against the police. Inspector Webster. N division, said that he was the acting inspector at the Hoxton police station. On Sunday fortnight he relieved Sergeant Smith at 9 o'clock in the morning. The deceased, Mr. Law, was then in the cell. Another prisoner was in the same cell. Mr. Law made no complaint of illness whatever. He got breakfast, dinner, and tea, which were brought to him. Beer and other stimulants were not allowed to prisoners. Witness was relieved at night by Sergeant Kimburn, who had charge of the prisoners till Monday morning. Sergeant Kimburn said that he visited the deceased six times during the night. He was awake each time, but spoke quite rationally. He was taken to the police court on the Monday morning, and then appeared not to be incoherent. Inspector George Waldie said that he saw Mr. Law on the Monday morning, before he went to the police court, and he then did not appear irrational. John Bendall said that he was gaoler at the Worship-street Police court. The deceased was given into his custody after 11 o'clock on the Mon- day morning. The prisoners were not given into witness's custody until after the magistrate had dis posed of them. In the course of the day witness noticed the deceased appeared very nervous, and Was apparently much absorbed in thought. When the de ceased ' s bail came deceased said that he could T o :t or ge out as t h ere was a river of water before the • Witness said, " Come, come, Mr. Law, there is no such thing take my arm, a nd step out." He was th en ailed o ut, Befo r e that d ece a se d had always spoken rat Mr. Albert vhiiior nally when roused from thought. T s , 18, W eymout h- terrace, sa id that he knew the deceased, and saw him at the police court. H e saw deceased as he came up in a cab. 'Witness toad him to csk that his case should be put off until his att orney came Deceased did riot fsppear to know what was said, and wit ne ss thought he was not in his right mind. He did not Sunday morning speak and answer rationally. 0 witness had been to the station-house and saw a policeman, to whom he said that Mr. Law had been accustomed to a great deal of stimulants, and that if he was not supplied with some he might sink under it. The policeman said that they would not let him have any, and, therefore, it would be use less for witness to see the inspector about it. Wit ness told Mrs. Law that, and she asked him to re• quest that bail might be taken. He went back to the station-house, and was told that the inspector could not take bail. Police-constable Williams said that he took de ceased to the police court, and by the permission of the inspector he went there in a cab. Witness did not require him to walk to the Curtain-road, saying that "he was the same as another man." The cab was only obtained there. Deceased spoke ra tionally, and said that his friends were going to get a barrister to defend him, but that would be only a waste of money, and an attorney would do as well. Witness was not present at the station when anyone said that if stimulants were not given to deceased he would sink. If witness had heard that he should have sent for the police surgeon and acted according to his directions. The Coroner summed up, and said that the evi dence showed that the deceased would no doubt be alive if he had had proper stimulants and medical treatment; but he, had not been refused these was responsible. If cation to an inspector s m a r m . p ul h a i n li t i s p b a y had an m y a o d n e e a th p a p t li instead of being satisfieu with the answers of police men, the case would be very different. Under the circumstances, no blame could be attached to the conduct of the police authorities. The inquiry was, however, necessary, because there was in the first instance a strong suspicion that th e d ecease d h a d committed suicide,and that an allegation was made by the family which seriously affected the police. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased, Charles Law,died from the mortal effects of delirium tremens, caused by excessive drinking." grants of seed were made. At the request of the Committee, the President and Vice-President of the Association under took to obtain, if possible, an interview with the new Governor-General of India, prior to his departure, on the subject of cotton cultivation in India. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Yesterday, COURT OF DIVORCE. HAMILTON V. HAMILTON AND REMINGTON. Dr. Phillimore (the Queen's Advocate), Mr. Anderson Q.C., and Dr. Tristram, for the petitioner; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Dr. Wamby for the co-respondent. This was a petition presented by Alexandei Henry Aber crombie Hamilton for a dissolution of his marriage with Sophia Hannah Adelaide Hamilton, on the ground of adul tery with the co-respondent, Mr. John Wilson Remington. The petitioner claimed the sum of £lO,OOO for damages. The respondent had put in no answer. The co-respondent denied the adultery. It appeared that the petitioner was married to the respondent, who is a daughter of the late Sir Robert Abercrombie, in Scotland, on the 19th September, 1854, and that after the marriage they went to reside at Milbrooke House, near Exeter, the residence of the peti tioner. At the time of their marriage the petitioner was 25 years of age, and the respondent about 23. The co-respondent, Mr. Remington, was on intimate terms of friendship with the petitioner and his wife, and was a gentleman of property, residing at Rockbeare It.,use, within a few miles of the petitioner. In the year 1862, the co-respondent took apartments at No. 8, Old Burlington-street, while the petitioner and his wife were in London, and was visited by the respondent during the daytime. The petitioner afterwards returned to his coun try seat, and on the 18th October, 1862, during the time the petitioner was away for a few days, on account of his health, the respondent, who did not accompany him, left, stating that she was going on a visit to her aunt; but it appears she went to the co-respondent at Cardiff, and on the following morning respondent enclosed to the petitioner's sister a letter for the petitioner, of which the following is a copy : The days I have passed alone since you left this have made me think more, and consider how much I am wrong ing you in continuing to deceive you as I have done, for you can be little aware how much I have injured you; and the only reparation I can make•—greatly as it grieves me to wound you—and which reason has prevented my owning it sooner--is to relieve you of one who is no longer worthy of being your wife, and for whom, by the time you receive this, you can no longer entertain either affection or esteem. You must be aware that, loving my children as I do, it can be no small struggle to own this and be parted from them ; but I can no longer continue with this on my mind, and feel that they ought to be under better guidance than mine. When time has worn down the edge of sorrow, you will, I trust, have a happier house than I have ever made you ; bud all I implore of you now is not to utterly curse one whom all the world will condemn, and who is in much dis tress of heart.—Yours, S. A. H. The petitioner upon receiving it caused inquiries to be made as to where the respondent had gone, but not suc ceeding in finding her, he had an advertisement. inserted in the Times, stating that her children, whom she was much attached to, ware exceedingly ill, and imploring her to return. This she did, on the 26th of October, 1862, and on the following morning she went away with her brothers, and never afterwards returned to Milbrooke. There are two children of the marriage. Evidence was given of the marriage having taken place according to the law of Scotland, and an extract of the mar riage certificate was put in signed by the proper officer. Mr. Wm. B, Syms was called, and said that he was a brother-in-law to the co •respondent. That in the years 1855 and 1856 he was staying at Milbrooke with the peti tioner and his wife, who lived on very friendly terms with each other. That he went to India, and on his return again visited them. On the day on which respondent went away he asked her where she was going, and she stated to visit her aunt. He went at the request of the petitioner to Car diff, and then on to Denbigh, and he heard of the respon dent at both places, but was unable to overtake her ; but she returned in consequence of the advertisement in the tames, and on the following morning was handed over to her brothers, who had been telegraphed for. Mr. Follett, a gentleman residing near Milbrooke, who was in the habit of visiting the petitioner, spoke to their living on very friendly terms. Caroline Barnwell, who was a servant at No. 8, Old Bur lington-street, stated that in the months of May, June, and July, 1862. the co-respondent took apartments there, and was visited . by the respondent, whom she knew as Mrs. Re mington. She afterwards saw her at Guildford at her brother's house. John M'Andrews, a waiter at the Cardiff Arms, Cardiff, proved that the co .respondent and the respondent occupied the same bed together on the 18th October, 1862, until the 20th. Mr. Jury, a surveyor and estate agent, was called to prove that the co-respondent had property in Dowgate-hill, in the City, which, after deductions, produced about £B2O per annum. Mr. Gibbs, a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank, proved that the balance standing to the co-respondent's account during the la:t three years was about £5,000. Mr. Se . :g ant Shee addressed the jury for the co-respon dent, and said that he could not dispute the evidence of adultery, and therefore the only question was as to the amount of damages. He should prove that the co-respon dent's income was not more than £BOO per annum. Mr. Smith, the co•respondent's solicitor, was called, and stated that the property which the co-respondent had in Yorkshire, and also at Dowgate-hill, was mortgaged to a very large amount, over £23,000, His Lordship summed up, and told the jury that the only quest ion was one of damages. The jury found a verdict in favour of the petitioner-- damages, £5,000. _ _ His Lordship granted a decree - nisi, with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT —STAFFORD, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton,) THE MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN AT WEST BROMWICH. Benjamin Holding was indicted for the murder of his two children, Jane Holding and Joseph Benjamin Holding. Mr. McMahon, with Mr. Stavely Hill, prosecuted; while Mr. Motteram, with Mr. A. Young, defended. _ The prisoner, a man in the prime of life, was a bundler at an ironworks, and lived at Hill-end, near West Brom wich, in the black country between West Hampton and Birmingham. He was married and had two children, one a little girl of four-and-half years, and the other an infant boy of only fourteen months. ro these and to his wife he always behaved with the greatest tenderness and affection. He bought for them a little perambulator, and in this it was his delight to take them about the lanes and roads about his dwelling every evening after return ing from his work. One of his favourite haunts cn these occasions was a neighbouring cemetery. He was also a religious man. He led a good moral life, read his Bible often, attended regularly at church, and was a Sunday school teacher. In the summer and autumn of the present year he became afflicted with tic-doloreux, and suffered much from pains in his head accompanied by sleeplessness. On the morning of September 22 he went to his work as usual. He returned at one o'clock and took his dinner. During the afternoon he remained at home, and was left there by his wife at about four o'clock. The wife went to the house of the prisoner's mother. In a short time she was alarmed by seeing her husband come in with wild, staring eyes, and in a most excited state. He remarked, tt my little children are gone to heaven," and the two women at once ran to his house. There, on the hearth-rug, in front of the fire, they saw the little girl lying with her throat cut from ear to ear, and quite dead. On the sofa lay the lifeless and similarly mangled body of the infant boy. On the table was the carving-knife with which the fright ful deed had been committed. The neighbours rushed in, and to them the prisoner remarked that his time was short, and he wished his children to go before him. The motive thus given by the murderer himself, was the only one for the commission of the crime which could now be adduced on the part of the prosecution. For the defence a plea of insanity was set up. The mother stated that her paternal aunt and niece had died mad, and that she still had a cousin who was also insane. The doctor said that madness among the poor was largely due to an hereditary taint, and that there existed an insanity known as homicidal mania, by which a man was impelled to commit crime even when he was free from delusion, In answer to a direct question, he also said that, assuming the facts of the case as given by the witnesses to be true, he did think it probable that the prisoner was mad when ho killed his children. It was also shown that on a Sunday, six weeks before the murder, Holding, while in church, during the time when the con gregation was standing up, suddenly sat down, folded his arms, and looked wildly around him. On the morning of the occurrence he was observed by a fellow workman to be unusually silent. During the trial yester day he appeared:to be in the deepest dis tress ; his tears for nearly three hours were profuse and ceaseless, The jury I acquitted hi m on the ground of insanity. CHESHIRE CIRGUIT—DEc. 9. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) THE STOCKPORT POISONING CASE. Alice Hewitt, alias Holt, was placed at the bar on the charge of poisoning her mother, Mary Bailey, at Stockport. Medical evidence was given to the effect that the symptoms of the deceased's illness was consistent with poisoning by arsenic, and also to show that on a post-mortem examina tion and analysis, arsenic was found:in large quantities. Mr. Swetenharn, for the defence, urged that the Case was en tirely one of circumstantial evidence, and nothing more than one of strong suspicion. They were asked to believe that while with one hand the prisoner fondled and caressed her mother, with the other she administered a deadly poison to her and calmly looked on her dying agonies. Did the priso ner's conduct warrant that conclusion? The charge was that being poor the prisoner had insured her mother's life, and in eager haste to clutch the Money, poisoned her nearest relative. He commented on the evidence of the witnesses e evidenc e of the prosecution, especially the contradictory dn of Bailey and his wife. The whole story o f the pork pel‘ieirs: he submitted, was an after-thought of Ann YIY Raynor's evidence showed that deceasodt wal34tlaa prisonernd vomit ing the day before the pies w ere brough • If the was administering slow poison to he d aplied for a medical a mo t p her, was it proba ble she would have actually gone n r Q uer eaid she was glad of order at the union. When the Pm" STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, Dec. B,—To-day the market Ras generally quiet, the only business done being for the supply of pre sent wants, for which full prises were paid. The continued small importation of flax (11,000 tons into Dundee alone under last year at same date) and the increasing consump tion make holders firm to demanding full prices, and the small number of sales reported are at former rates. Tow and cedilla are also firmly held, especially fine, which re stricts the demand, Fine jute is very scarce in the market, and sales were made to-day at full rates. Medium to com mon is more abundant. The sales since last report are of limited extent, as spinners show little inclination to operate beyond their immediate requirements. Although the ship ments at Calcutta are large, the high prices paying there and the high freights advised by the letters received today are against low prices here, especially when the greatly increased and still increasing consumption is taken into account. Yarns are slightly in favour of buyers, ex cepting where immediate delivery can be given, when full prices can yet be got. The American advices yesterday re port more doing in linens at remunerative rates, and orders were in consequence given out to -day for goods adapted for that market at about previous prices. The demand other wis.t was inactive, with prices tending downward, but the fall hitherto is not great, and makers are not pressing sales, having already so many foresold. LEICESTER, 9th.—There is fully as much doing in hosiery as is usual at this time of the year, and business generally is satisfactory for the season. The same remarks apply to the rural districts. Wools are making high rates, the mar ket being steady. In yarns there is no material change, Spinners are tolerably well employed, and extreme rates are realised. NOTTINGHAM, 9 th.—There is still very little doing in most departments of the lace trade. Cotton goods continue a slow sale. The plain branch remains exceedingly dull. and no change is expected until after Christmas. A few small orders have been completed this week. There is very little doing in silk laces and edgings, but quillings and mechlihs continue in tolerable request. Stocks of all kinds of goods are extremely light. There is an average amount of business doing in hosiery goods, both for the home market and for shipping, and business generally is healthy. The yarn market Is firm, and high prices are realised. COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Commit tee, held on the Bth inst., a letter was read from her Ma jesty's consul at Pernambuco, stating that owing to the at tention now given to the cultivation of cotton, seed is eagerly sought for, and that, if a quantity could be supplied of good quality, especially Sea Island, it would be immedi ately planted. Interesting letters from two different cor respondents were received respecting the cotton grow ing capabilities of Demerara. The colony is repro seated to be well able to furnish an almost unlimited supply of cotton and of the best kind. The long line of seacoast, extending from the Orinoco towards the south, is described as well adapted to the cultivation, a n d p r i or to the abolition of slavery contained several estates which pro duced a high class of cotton. Sugar has since taken its place, but there is now a general disposition to resume the growth of cotton; land is abundant, the soil rich, perhaps the richest in the world, and both non-resid en t proprietors of sugar estates, small owners of land, and small tenants are directing their attention to the subject, and it is expected that within the next nine months a considerable extent of land will be appropri sted to cotton. Judicious measures have been taken, both by the legislature and the public, to promote the emigration of labourers from the United States and Bar badoes, where there is a superabundance of labour, and it is confldentle expected the colony will again become celebrated for the quality and quantity of its cotton. A letter was read containing an interesting report of an exp er i ment con d uc t e d by experienced agriculturists in the South Mahratta coun try for the purpose of determining the possibility o f improv ing the syst em o f co tton cultivation pursued by the Indian ryot. The experiment was conducted on 33 acres of land, 22 of which were ploughed with an English plough, har rowed, manured, and drilled, according to the English sys tem. The remaining 11 acres were ploughed and prepared precisely after the native method. The produce of the 22 acres was 387 maunds of 281 b each, and of The 11 acres 73 maunds, or 17 3-sths maunds per acre in the on e case , an d 61 maunds in the other. Distinguishing the two as Eng lish and native fields, the English kuppas yields one part of fibre to 2.27 parts of seed, and the native kuppas one part of fibre to 2.71 parts of seed, or 1 per cent in favour of the former. Of clean cotton the English field has yielded at the rate of 1591 b per acre, and the nativ e 581 b. Th e resu lt obtained should have an important bearing upon the culti vation of cotton in India. Full details of the experiment as well as samples of.the cotton have been furnished. The opinion is confidently expressed that by carefully select ing seed and continuing the system of selection for a series of years an immense improvement in the quality of the indigenous varieties of cotton in India would be effected, and that with proper care and treatment such exotic varieties as New Orleans, Peruvian, and Egyptian may be successfully introduced into almost any part of cotton-growing India. A letter was read from the honorary agents of the association at Madras containing a detailed account of the distribution of seed forwarded to them be• tween June, 1861, and February, 1863, together with re• ports from various recipients of the seed. The seed ob tained from the cotton thus grown has been preserved for that .resowing. Large quan ti t i es o f see d have been supplied to the Agri-Horticultural territory Go vernment of Mysor e s t a t es the total area under c otton in itorytobe46S,lo2c7ietylic.resT;h th e report from the otton growing halook s are i n the Nuge division,prarincipalc bor dering on the Dherwa collectorate. About an equal ex tent has been sown with indigenous and exotic cotton, but in Chituldroog, where the cultivation has spread more rapidly, from superior adaptation of soil and climate, the foreign has in a great degree supplanted the indigenous and Mysore, with a view to !In pmooirnetetdhasnupdeoruvbisloerd o i f ts e oetxtotennitn. In 18 61 Mr. Dav is was ap eourage the introduction of foreign seed. A large quantity, amounting to 4,652 maunds, was procured from Dharwar and distributedsatisfy , but it prove d i n sufficient to the ide mand. Gins are i n grea t demand, and i t is p ro p osee to import them di rec t f rom England in future . A letter vea,s read from the honorary agents of the association, Bombay, enclosing a communication from the Pasha of Bagdad, who transmits samples of cotton grown at Bussorah and Khan nikeen, and states the quantity of the former to be compa ratively large, and that probably not less than 60 or 80bales will find their way to the Bombay market this season; but the quantity of the latter will be diminished by the ravages of the locusts. There is, however, every reason to expect an extended cultivation during the ensuing spring. A re• port was received from the India-office on the cultivation of Peruvian cotton in the Madras district. The seed was sown in the sand flats or drifts to the north of Ennore, the ground being slightly watered by the han d till the plants appeared above the am face, and occasionally a fterwards till they rose to 9in. Some of the plants reache d the height of m 2f o n s t o o r f 3 t f h t . e , li b i o n r e e v fl e o r flowers e a n t d o nip atur t n y d , a l o n o d k et there The experiment e shows clearly that a fair crop can be ob tained from g ood doubt that the seed was sown too late. e healthy,re can b but no im ported seed, whether Egyptian or Peruvian, and immense tracts of land are available which might be turned to good account. The ryots would extensively g row cotton if they forwarded only a nominal i h n e a I F a o s s r e e g s u tn! o n i: a t e t e o pa werey C . r o e n o s e u t v l a e r d d e froms p a t c h h e e r s Majesty's Consul at Palermo, with e nclosures from Mar. side and Catania, reporting that the extent of land un der cotton cultivation is double that of 1862. i Full de tails aro given, which will be published n the Cotton Supply Reporter. Samples of cotton from Paraguay, a e u xa d m o in f a n t l a. o t n i v . e g S r e o v w e n n cotton e f t r h o e m c N u l a t i t v a a l t w i o e n r e i is iextendsubmitted i n f g o , r 1 bales of the latter are on their way to the association, Various her mother's death, that was not in accordance with the re serve which would characterise a murderess, nor did it Agree with Myan's evidence ; which proved that the prisoner wept bitterly on hearing of her mother's death. Again, not a word was said by Ann Bayley before the Coroner about the prisoner promising to give her a black dress on the death of Mary Bailey if she would personate her mother before the insurance agents and the doctor. With regard to the brandy, in which it was alleged arsenic had been adminiatered, he would ask them to believe that the sediment was some ground root which the prisoner had put in through kindness. Had blue arsenic coloured according to law, been put in, the sediment would have been blue not ginger colour. The arsenic purchased by the prisoner on the 25th was used in " degging " the rooms; and might not some of the volatile poison have got into the mouth of deceased and been swallowed. No doubt the cause of death was poison, but was it absorbed by the body, and if not, was there any proof that the pri soner administered it? Deceased, before she died, drank largely of milk, and might not that milk have been put in the jug in which the arsenic was dissolved before sprinkling the floor, and that only through carelessness? If arsenic was found in the crack of a teacup, as was alleged by the prosecution, how much the more readily could such a thing have occurred. His Lordship, in summing up, said there were two ques tions for the jury to consider. First, of what did Mary Bailey die ; next, who caused her death. The first question was answered by the medical evidence. The next was for their consideration. They must be perfectly satisfied that the circumstances of the case were consistent with the guilt of the prisouer. His lordship then recapitulated the evi dence, and remarked upon the practice of assurance offices accepting insurances on lives in which the proposers hadno interest. The jury retired, and after about 20 minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. On hearing the verdict the prisoner fainted. His Lordship assumed the black cap, and passed sentence of death in the usual form. SPIRIT OF THE PITBLIO JOITRNALS, HERALD.—The vote to which the German Diet came on Monday will, we may fairly hope, remain without effect. If, as the telegram would seem to indicate, the smaller states have carried, against the opposition of Austria and Prussia, the motion of Saxony for the sequestration of the Duchies until the Diet shall determine to whom they belong, we can hardly suppose that those two great Powers will lend their aid to the execution of such an un warrantable and foolhardy step. They have recog nised the absolute, unconditional right of Christian IX. to Lauenburg—they have recognised his right to Holstein, subject to the fulfilment, according to their interpretation of them, of the engagements made by Denmark in December, 1851, and they cannot, therefore, without a most flagrant repudia tion not only of the Treaty of London but of their recent declaratioss,_ assist to carry out a proposition to " occupy the Duchies .until the Bund shall see itself in a position to give over these Federal terri tories to the administration of the successor recog nised by it as legitimate." Nor could the other Powers signataries of the treaty allow such a mea sure to he carried into execution. They may admit, perhaps, the technical right of the Bund to enforce by execution in Holstein the withdrawal of a law which it deems repugnant to the Federal obligations of the King of Denmark as Duke of Holstein, and a violation of the engagements made with it for the regulation of the position of that duchy in the monarchy ; but they cannot allow it to upset a set tlement which has an international character, and to deprive the King of Denmark of duchies which Europe has recognised as his, not on the ground that the conditions of that recognition have not been ful filled by him, but on the pretence that it is the su preme judge in the matter, and entitled to set at nought the determination of Europe. To occupy the Dachies under such a pretence would be to exceed the competence cf the Diet. It would be to declare war against Denmark, and to en title her to call upon Europe to assist her against an unjustifiable aggression. Austria and Prussia cannot permit Germany to do such a foolish thing, and if they pretend that they cannot hinder the Diet, the other Powers must step in and stop it. If, on the other hand, the Diet has resolved upon carrying out the execution already ordered to obtain the withdrawal of the ordinance of the 30th March, as Austria and Prussia strongly urged it, we may assume almost as confidently that the re• solution will not be carried out. The professed object of the execution has been attained. The patent has been withdrawn_, and the Diet must wait to see what measures the Danish Government pro poses to introduce to fulfil its obligations to the Holsteiners and to Germany. The mere withdrawal of the ordinance does not, indeed, satisfy all the demands of the Diet. It has insisted that the ordi nance should be annulled, and that the Danish Go • vernment should undertaire to propose without delay some measure for giving all parts of the monarchy the equality promised according to its interpretation by the engagements of December, 1851. But it cannot refuse to allow the King time to prepare a measure which would be beset by so many difficulties. Necess arils, therefore, according to its owa lams and rules of procedure, execution must be stayed for a time, and the Diet can only proceed with the measure if the Danish Govern ment presents a project which it deems unsatisfac tory, or after a reasonable delay, presents no project. The attempt may be made, indeed, to justify execu tion even now upon the new common constitution for Denmark and Schleswig, which in Germany is regarded as practically that incorporation of the' duchy which th , King of Denmark promised should not even be attempted. But it is quite impossible for Europe to tolerate a measure which would be so plainly illegal—so completely, by the admission of the Diet itself, beyond its competence. The promises the King of Denmark made with regard to Schles wig are of an international character. Any measure the Diet may take against him for a breach of them must be of the same character that it would take against a foreign prince who had violated his treaty engagements. It may declare war of course. It can decree the occupation of Holstein ; but although such a measure might be styled a Fderal execution, no Power in Europe could recognise such a title, and the German Confederation thug be then considered as at war with the kingdom of Denmark. We sincerely hope that prudential con siderations will at last make themselves felt in the German Diet, and that if the smaller Powers still press on measures which may, we might say must, involve Germany in a war with Europe, Austria and Prussia will have the firmness—the superiority to the temptation of gaining a petty advantage over each other—to restrain them. All that can fairly be asked for the German subjects of Denmark may he obtained now. King Christian will be but too anxious to secure a general recognition of his title to refuse any concession which may justly be asked, and the influence of England and the other Powers will be exerted everywhere to overcome any oppo sition which he and his Government might be dis posed to make. The withdrawal of the ordinance of March is a concession to the wishes of England —a concession which may create some discontent amongst the Danish people, but will ensure • them powerful support, If the Danish Government, in deference to the desires of the great Powers who interest themselves in the maintenance of the Danish monarchy, makes the concessions Germany has before demanded, and shows itself willing to make sacrifices for the sake of peace, those Powers con tract an obligation to protect Denmark against un just demands from Germany. If Germany shows that no concessions will satisfy it, that it will prac tically disregard the treaty, and has resolved to wrest the German Duchies from the Danish Crown, the Weatern Powers have no alternative but to throw their protection over Denmark, and against that bulwark all the strength and fanaticism of Germany will dash in vain. If war breaks out in Europe Germany will, as usual, have to bear the bulk of its evils. Will she be mad enough to wan tonly kindle it ? POST.—The custom of an annual meeting between members of Parliament and their constituents, which has come into fashion of late years, has so much to recommend it that it is to be regretted that members themselves should do so much, as many do, to depreciate the dignity and narrow the im portance of the occasion. It is undeniable that a member backed by a large constituency has only himself to blame if he do not rise to considerable influence in the House of Commons. The houmsebel rd sensitively alive to public opinion, and th which the who can stand up confessedly supported beymteens of thousands of constituents representatives of small borhoausghnspitenitwoair sits in This is all as it should be. well envy. Par liament by representation. of the national mind. The representative derives all Thel'he nat ion is the reflex those whom he represents, a h n is d p i o t ii is tic t a h l er fo: to ce re fr v oa er ) y natural min that between th e two there shouldexist the best possible tie derstanding. And as they have a . and very desirable mon interest in the transactions of a session and in the political s ituation of the day, a f r i en dl y i nter seemsb from th that wretched change of opinions is good for both p art i es. But it to e a distinct thing l a e r r g 'i e li c t o Y nstituencies to exa c t from the pride of most this is whichquite gentlemen whom they return to Parliament. A meeting of constituents for the purpose of heari • ng a frank ex position of public affairs from their representative is not only tolerable, as it is wise and useful. But a meeting to receive from their member " an ac count of his stewardship," as ii is commonly called, is a very degrading thing. This annual account of stewardship, if pers i sted in, and carried to the lengths which some constituencies do not scruple to insist upon, and to which some members do not re fuse to stoop, will soon take away all independent action and seriously compromise the respect which is now so readily acc n.ded to active members of the house who sit for important boroughs. We do not quarrel with the doctrine which represents a seat in Parliament as a stewardship. No doubt every re sponsible position, from the Crown downwards. is a stewardship in some sense, but we do quarrel with the practice of summoning members of Parliament before their constituents and exacting of them a full account of all their conduct, and a reason for every vote and every absense. Every one w ho snows bow the business of the House of Commons conducted ; every one who knows anything 01 the tactics and exigencies of party, and who knows how men confessedly of no party are often obliged to shape their Parliamentary conduct in order to give effect to the opinions they hold, or to secure a triumph for the principles which they are promoting or defending ; every such person knows full well that it is as impossible sometimes to avoid being mixed up in certain combinations as it is at others to avoid standing aloof altogether from those with whom under most circumstances there would be the most perfect accord. There must also arise many occasions when a member feels bound to vote other wise than the majority of his constituents might at the moment approve. Many reasons enter into the decision of a Parliamentary question which the ma jority of persons out of doors never know, and re specting which they have not the means of forming a sound judgment. It is therefore as absurd as it is humiliating to tie up the discretion of a membe r of Parliament, and to call him to a minute account of his Parliamentary conduct. Independent mem bers owe it to themselves and to their self respect to refuse to submit to annual inquisitions of this sort. They have it in their power to put down the nuis ance by standing upon their own dignity, and simply refusing to be badgered and bothered by every unwashed 40s. freeholder who may choose to make himself conspicuous at a political meeting. 21 , wholesome habit may by abuse become a vice , and so it seems likely to be with some boroughs. Even men of the calibre of Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright are content to forget the attention shown them In Parliament, and to drag their self respect throngit the mire when a public meeting of constituents le to be propitiated. Everything that can humble the accounting member is submitted to, lest by an); chance the much coveted vote of approbation and confidence should not be forthcoming. For our part we admire the pluck of Mr. Horsman, though we differ in tote from the line he took on the occasion to which we refer. The people of Stroud would not give him the usual vote of confidence. He would not truckle to them for it. He went down and gave straightforward reasons for the opinions he held, the speeches he had made, and the course' he had pursued. The constituents disapproved ad called on him to resign, but he, knowing that the 9 had no adequate means of judging him, stood upo n his right co form an independent judgment on Pub lie questions, and refused to resign. Despite th e absence of the vote of confidence he is member for Stroud stilt, and has recently addressed them %sil l:L A great acceptability and effect, We should be gl ad to see something like this moral courage display e d by members who at this time of year are expecte to address the electors who have sent them to Per' liament. Let them put their annual appearanc e before their constituents on a right footing --the footing of mutual confidence and frank explanatio n —and let them rid it of all servility and blind BO hypocritical reverence for uninformed public opinion ; and then we may hope to see one great step taken in the direction of the elevation of l arge metropolitan constituencies out of the depths into which they have of late years been gradnalli sinking. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was 'a fair supply of ville at with a good attendance of the tr. de. The aemand was e /31 active, but the prices of last week were fully support Malting and grinding barley at late rates. Oats as bef° r Peas and Leans were steady. White .. illis to 46s / Barley 37 s to 395 Rcd .. ..40s to 415 I Grinding • -33 s to 34s t Beans .43s to 44s I Oats .22s —0 to New 38s to 40s I Peas HULL—TUESDAY. At this day's market the show of English wheat WA! fair. with a slow sale, at barely late rates. Foreign Iva' neglected, but holders did not press sales. Barley ids° t. ' slow sale, at prices in favour of buyers. Beans and pel unaltered. Oats dull, but not quotably lower. L iosee sales can only be effected at is to 28 decline. Od Wheat.... Old white per qr. .... 43 s Od to 45s , Old red ,, New white .. „ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 368 Od Grinding 24s Od to 26s 6 c! Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3OB Od to 31s Od Grinding 2Bs Od to as Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2ld to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0430 a Swedish and Danish ' d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4os Od to 43 0 . New pigeon New tic Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers .. Grinding Tares ....Spring . Indian Corn Linseed, feeding —s 333 4 30222 : s fisss s s 0 0 00060 1 dad d d : i t tt i cooto o: i:3:: 1 4 4,6 1 , 1 8,5505s go:o6 °° , dil l crushing , 4os" Od t .. ;;'''''o 0 Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 0 to '''', 0 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 0 0 0 Rape cakes . 6 0 oto 510 ° Bones 5 5 oto MELTON were M the O W currenciesßß Al— !I e s w i j . towl 0. The following 'teat, 42s Od to 4.5 s Od • new red, 39s Od to 43s per 36 ston beans, 37s to 408 for old; new sorts Ms to :37s per 3S st t y grinding; new oats, 22s to 25s Od barley, 33s to 37s for malting, and , 29s to 31s per qr.. !„1 to 30s. per 24 stone; old, PP IPSWICH—TuzsuA Y. Supplies of wheat continue moderate. Merchants en" deavoured to-day to purchase ch ea p er, but the growers re' fused to accede to lower terms, and only a small quautitf changed hands. Barley plentiful, at late rates. Old white wheat..44s to 49s I Old red wheat, , 42s to 43 0 New do. 468 to 48 s I New do. 4ls to 42 0 Malting barley....3 4 s to 3Ss I Oats. Grinding d0.....28s to 31s I 13eans 3262: t 0 0 0 3;1; COAL ET. Dues of Coal per 'roil at the close of the market• a. d. 6 . d. Lambert's West Hart ley Walls End' .21 0 V\ alker • 16 6 Hetton ..........• 2 1 0 P rimrose 16 0 .......... 6 Cassop .......... 20 Caradoo .......... It 14 9 • so ld, 14. Ships at marks Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Dec. 1 3 9 . . Brazil and C a pe Verds, viabyaßiNriitairssheillpaecsket.. • .............. L ee. . :4! Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena..o Dec. . , s ell China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarapto. ...Dec. 13. Dec. I`.! via Mar Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .................. D eo , 12. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southtunptou... Dec. 1,?. via Marseilles.... Do. 16 India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ Dec. ,?... via Marseilles ................ Do. " Portugal.... .................. V. Malta, _Egypt, and Aden, via . Southampton ...... Dec . . 4; via Marseilles ........ Dec. '-'' Newfoundland ......................... Dec . 9 " Oporto and Vigo ................ . .............. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. pac k e t .... Dec. 9 by U.S. packet.... c . k . e . t . . D Dec.e c . %l" W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and TbyenCearinffaed.i.a ... P . a . Bahamas, via New York ......................Dec. 1! Mexico ................................. Dec. '2 9 . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, rcru, }Dec. 0' California. and BritiAl. Columbia.. ....!..11 Births. RONEY.—On the 7th inst., at Sunderland, the wife of Lieut.-Colon& R. R o ney, Assistant Inspector of Volt v. teers, of a daughter. Rosn.—On tho 9th inst., at Upper Tootin g , the w ife o f Ald e rman lose, of a son. the RILEY.—On the Sth inst., at P e n- y - Bont, St. A sa p " ' s' wife of Major Riley, late 88 th Connaught Rangers, of sou. Marriages. ELLIOT—BLACKETT.—On the Bth inst., at M a tfenChu r o cb : R e ar-Admiral the H on . Ch ar l es G . T. B. El:i°t' to Louise, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Blaokett, of Matfen, Northumberland. LATE DER' TEBBS.—On the Bth inst., at Saint rg Islington, John Lavender, Esq., of Bromhato) to 11 Tebbe, of Bedford. COLLINS.—On the 6thDliel:t. ~ l . z_o i llin , s, , late of the 13th Light Dragoons , and of Belu3 DILLEII.. s On the Ist inst Kng County, Ireland., at Mitcham, M r. D. Diller, . lig. Captain S. 011 (It.P ' 19 0 of Cnand, ag. FITZGERALD.—On os-street ed the 7th 66 inst., at Kingstown, Fratici° Lewis Fitzgerald, , aff Surgeo, aged 34. tho aiRNIER —On the 7th inst at the Refinery, Lincoln,x4. Very Rev. Thomas Gamier, Dean of Lincoln, aged,'„ LAKE.—On the 7th hist., at Lytham, Charing Lake, 0 4 late Captain Scats Fusilier Guards, aged 78. ntovo QUANTOCK.—On the 7th inat., at the Chestn uts, Tau ~.,... John Mathew Quantock , E s q ., i,f Norton Rouse, l'• minster, Somerset, aged 53. Thorao ° RETTER,—On the 6th inst. , at hackney, James Rutter, Esq , aged 39 _.......! - - London: Prinzad and rnNished by wiLLIAn ANDO 1. of No. 112, Strand, I'rinter, at 'DIE SUN Office No. 1 1. ; Strand, In the Prec inct of the 'Savoy. n the C ount,/ hilddleoeir.. —Tbursl3y, December 10, 1803. PF Übe ll The roi ~c u. ~~ mop I ~A. -_ ~~a