The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-03 00:00:00

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. - The heavy portion of these mails, in charge of Mr. U. Ronayne, of the General Post-office, arrived at Southampton on Saturday afternoon, in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam ship Pera, Capt. T. Jamieson, which also brought a farther portion of mails and 54 packages of baggage saved from the Colombo. The Pera brought 38 passengers, viz., 21 first and 17 second class, among -whom were Commander Parkin, R.N., Col. Bruce, Dr. and Mrs. Poole, Mr. Mongan, &c. On freight she had five packages of specie, value not stated, four packages of valuables, 1,504 bales of silk, four casks of wine, 94 quarter-boxes and 183 boxes of oranges, 40 empty casks, and 194 packages of general merchandise. The Pera left Alexandria on the 18th of January, Malta on the 22d, and Gibraltar on the 26th. She had strong gales from Alexandria to Malts, fine weather with easterly winds thence to Gibraltar, light fair winds and fine weather to Cape St. Vin cent, and along the coast of Spain and Portugal, and fresh south-easterly and south-westerly winds across the Bay of Biscay, with considerable sea. On the 29th ult., in the Bay of Biscay, the Pera spoke the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Delta, with the outward Bombay mails of the 27th. The only ships of war at Alexandria when the Pera left were a French frigate and the usual Egyptian fleet. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Magicienne, Psyche, and Hibernia were at Malta ; and the Fire brand, Procris, and Redpole at Gibraltar. The Prussian screw frigate Gazelle, Capt. Heldt, left Gibraltar for the westward at 11 20 a.m. en the 26th ult. The American screw sloop Tuscarora, Commander Craven, put to sea from Cadiz on the 18th. The steamer Gibraltar (late Sumter) was cruising up and down the bay this morning (says the Gib raltar Chronicle of the 22d),apparently with the object of testing her machinery ; but, whatever her object, the United States' gunboat Chippewa, at Algeciras, was on thealert, and steamed at once to the entrance of the bay, prepared to intercept the Gibraltar if she had made a dash for the Straits. With a favour ing black " levanter," absence of moonlight, and a bay five miles wide at the mouth, the chances seem greatly in favour of the Gibraltar giving her inqui sitive enemy the slip. A collision occurred in Gibraltar Straits at five o'clock on the morning of the 22d ult. between the British bark D. B. It., Capt. D. B. Robarts, from Glasgow and Greenock, bound to Trieste, with gas pipes, &c., and the Spanish bark Cefiro, Captain F. Clar, from Barcelona, with a cargo of wine, soap, &c., for Cienfuegos and Havannah. The crew and passengers of the Cefiro took to the two boats, one of which proceeded to Gibraltar, and the other to Algeciras. The Cefiro filled and turned over on her side, but the buoyant nature of her cargo pre vented her from sinkingentirely, and she was picked up about 20 miles to the eastward of the rock by the Lion Beige steamer, and towed into Gibraltar. The fore part of the vessel was under water, and the stern projecting a few feet above the surface. The D. B. R. lost jibboom, cutwater, &c., and would have to repair before proceeding on her voyage. The British brig Morning Star Capt. S. Delargy, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 23d from Sicata, with sulphur for 'Falmouth, was in collision with the Spanish brig Recurso, of Barcelona, at 9 p.m., on the 21st, off Cape de Gatt, and lost sails, jib boom, &c. The schooner British Queen, from Malta, with a general cargo for Gibraltar and Liverpool, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 22d, spoke the schooner Lily, from Yarmouth for Venice, on the 19th ult., off Almeria; and on the 20th the schooner Excel, Capt. Sprague, from Genoa for London, off Motril, with loss of topmasts, 'yards, sails, &c. The merchant steamer Memnon, Capt. J. Carroll 51-, days from Liverpool, for Malta and Alexandria, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th ; the Eva, Captain J. Boylond, seven days from London, for Malta and Odessa, on the 21st ; and the London, Capt. W. G. S. Hall, eight days from London, with Government stores for Gibraltar, on the 25th. The following vessels, all laden with coals, had also arrived out at Gibraltar :—Jan. 19, the brigan tine Tyre, S. Steward, from Liverpool ; the schooner Zion-hill, W. Griffiths, from Newport; and the schooner Magar, E. Jones, from Liverpool. 20th, the schooner Gowerian, E. Evans, from Cardiff; the schooner Crescent, J. Keusper, from Swansea ; the bark Alice Wilson, E. Bold, from Cardiff; the bark Despatch, A. Eastland, from Swansea ; the schooner Alberta, T. Davies, from Cardiff; and the brigan tine Farmer's Lass, J. Ludwig, from Swansea. 22d, the bark Viking, J. Wiggins, from Newport. 25th, the brigantine Enterprise, J. Hughes, and the schooner Duke of Cornwall, W. Phillips, both from Swansea. The schooner Affines, J. Jenkins, from Cardiff with iron for Gibraltar, arrived out on the 22d. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE ISLE OF WIGHT. The line of railway w hi c h i s to connect Ventnor with Ryde has just been commenced by sinking the shafts for the tunnel at the Ventnor end of the line, and wilrbe complete and opened for public traffic by Midsummer, 1864. The line, 11 miles in length, will commence at the outer end of Ryde pier, by a tramway from there to the station in the town, so as to take passengers and luggage direct into the carriages on disembarking from the steam boats without any intermediate changes between the pier head and the main station in Ryde. The line passes on its route Brading, Sandown, and Shanklin, and will make gradual ascent from the latter place until it has attained an elevation of about 300 ft. above the level of the sea, where it will pierce Wroxhall-down with a tunnel of 1,300 yards (more than three quarters of a mile) in length, and issue from out the south side of St. Boniface-down within a short distance of the Ventnor terminus, which will be situate about 500 yards from the centre of the town. The capital of the company is £125,000, with debenture powers for £41,000 more; and Mr. Bond, the contractor, is to con struct the line,including stations, &c., for £126,000. The existing traffic between Ryde and Ventnor by road is computed to be of the value of £14,000 per [ annum. LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY. The fifth general meeting of this society was held last night ; Mr. Vaughan, in the absence of Mr. Collier, Q.C., ALP., occupied the chair. After the usual preliminary proceedings, Mr. EDGAR moved, "That considering the valu able and lengthened services of the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, the president of this society, in the cause of law reform, and especially with reference to the treatment and punishment of criminals, the society have learned with regret the omission of his lord ship's name from the commission recently issued to inquire into the question of convict discipline, and desire to place on the minutes their protest against such omission." He contended that as the subject of criminal law had largely engrossed the attention of Lord Brougham, and as this society had made it almost its own by it 3 discussions and inquiries, it was to be expected that the noble lord who was their president should have been chosen as one of the commissioners. Mr. WEBSTER seconded the motion, contending that Lord Brougham, as president of this society, and a most eminent member of the profession, ought to have been placed on the Royal commission in question. Mr. BRISTOWE thought that the resolution should be negatived, for the society was going out o f i ts legitimate way in agreeing to any protest of this kind, its business being to promote the amendment of the law. He begged to move that the meeting proceed to the order of the day. Mr. STUART supported the resolution, suggesting that they should express their regret, but not pro test. Mr. BERE seconded the amendment. Mr. ELLIOTT hoped the amendment would be withdrawn, but that the resolution would be toned down to a compliment—a well-merited compliment —to the noble lord ; but at the same time he re grettedthat the subject had ever been mooted there. Mr. HASTINGS, although he should not have re commended that such a resolution should have been brought forward, felt that it having been proposed it was entitled to their most cordial support, pro viding the terms of it were modified. Mr. EDGAR amended his resolution, by omitting all the words after the word °c discipline." Mr. BRISTOWE withdrew his amendment, ex pressing the regret he felt that th e su bj ect had been brought forward. The CHAIRMAN thought it would have been quite aa dignified if the society had not noticed the omis sion of Lord Brougham's name from the commis sion. Notice having been taken of it, he thought it inexpedient not to pass the resolution. The motion as amended was carried. Mr. G. J. SHAW LEFEVERE then read a paper "On the Discipline of the Bar." The paper gave a history of the bar, and pointed out the absence of all rules to re gu l a t e the proceedings of its members and to constitute the benchers of the inns of court a formal tribunal to punish breaches of discipline on the part of members of the bar. The paper Hist) went at great length into the details of the regula tions affecting the bar as regarded fees and practice, subjects of great interest to members of the society, but not calling for a lengthy report. After a brief discussion on the paper, A vote of thanks was returned to 111 i. Lefevre for the manner in which he had brought the matter for ward. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the symp toms of improvement in the trades of the district had begun to show themselves. The improvement in the goods and minerals has been progressive throughout the past half-year, notwithstanding the continued severe depression of the silk manufacture and the diminution of export of earthenware and iron, occasioned by the American troubles. The full benefit of the increased receipts by railway has been realized in net profit without increased work ing expenses, although £7,500 has been charged for renewals, as againstis,ooo in the corresponding half of 1861. The traffic on the canal has materially in creased, but it is as yet short of that of 1860, the tolls alone being £lO,OOO in excess of those of 1862. The receipts for the goods traffic amounted to £99,307, against £91,604 for the past half-year, and the passenger, &c., traffic to £49,264, against £51,004 for the corresponding period of the preced ing year. The tolls on the canal for the past half year amounted to £46,234, against £39,057. The traffic on the Biddulph branch amounted to 68,000 tons, against 37,000 tons in the corresponding six months of 1861. The expenditure on renewals in the last half-year has been £22,000. This expen diture will be continued until the works are com pleted, the repayments out of revenue being con tinued half-yearly until the whole is liquidated. After providing for every expense the directors are enabled to recommend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving £3,599 for the next account. The capital account shows that £4,281,467 had been expended on the railway, and £1,170,000 on the canal; together £5,451,467. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December shows that £163,664 had been received on the railway, against £157,428 for the correspond ing period, and the expenses to £81,362, against £81,089, leaving a net balance of £82,302, against £76,339 for the corresponding half of 1861. The revenue on the canal amounted to £65,941, against £54,379; and the expenditure to £29,782, against £24,641, leaving a net balance of £36,158, against £29,738 for the corresponding half of 1861. The increase in the net receipts of the railway and canal amounted to £12,383 for the past half-year. CORK AND YOUGHALL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held yesterday, bat, in consequence of the absence of an important member of the com pany, the meeting was adjourned to the 16th inst. Transportation and Penal Servitude. The following epitome of the History of our Con. vict System during the last 80 years is taken from the Athenceum : Howard's crusade against prison abuses, and the closing of the American ports by the War of Independence against the English felon-trade, gave birth to various schemes of penitentiary discipline. But at length, after some years of languid discussion, when the congestion of criminals in the country had become extremely dangerous, Pitt and Dun das "settled" the question, in spite of vehement remon. ' strances from Howard and Bentham, by founding a penal colony at Botany Bay. This settlement held good for about 25 years, and then the disgraceful state of the hulks, the horrible things reported of convict transport-ships, the middle passage of which was in some respects worse than that of slavers, and the rank growth of crime in New South Wales, compelled Parliament and the country to endure fresh discussions of the Convict question. Under the sus • pices of Mr. Holford, Howard's and Bentham's schemes for a National Penitentiary were resuscitated, and the Mill bank Prison—one of the most unlucky, ill-considered, and costly projects ever blundered into, was built. During the building, which was protracted through a series of disasters over ten years, the convict question was in abeyance. To all grumblings, in and out of Parliament, official prophecies of the great results to be achieved by the Penitentidry were the invariable answer. But when the Penitentiary was at length completed and peopled with a choice selection of felons, convicts still increased and multiplied. Mrs. Fry and the " British ladies" took common gaols and bridewells under their amiable patronage, and founded the "goody-good" school of prison reformers ; Romilly and his successors mitigated the barba rities of the penal code ; and Sir Robert Peel consolidated the criminal laws ; but none of these various movements at all lessened the difficulty of the convict question. The Penitentiary could not deal with a tithe of the convicts ; the hulks were worse than ever, because more comfortable ; and transportation, which, under the "assignment system" then in force, was often the avenue to wealth, had almost lost its terrors. Impressed with the growing difficulty of the matter, Lord Melbourne, in 1833, sent Mr. Crawford to inspect the much-lauded Penitentiaries in the United States. He returned a monomaniac for the separate system, for which, in a few years, he succeeded in ob taining the official patronage of Lord John Russell. Under his influence and that of his colleague, the Rev. Whitworth Russell, Lord John procured the necessary acts for introducing encellulement into ordinary prisons, and making it a part of a bran-new convict system. Some new organisation was, in fact, imperatively required, for in the midst of the discussion on Mr. Crawford's importation, the opponents of transportation, headed by Archbishop Whately and Sir William Molesworth, accomplished the abolition of the assignment system. The elaboration of Lord John's inchoate plans fell to the lot of Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham, who once more " settled" the Criminal question by establishing the Model Prison at Pentonville for model convicts, and framing a " probation system" in Tasmania (which was henceforth to be the sole cesspool for our moral sewage) for the less interesting scoundrels. Within four years this scheme, too, collapsed. The convict establishment in Tasmania, by dint of wretched mismanagement, sank into utter chaos, while the model convicts of Pentonville, though they made most edifying prisoners, yet when they were turned loose in Australia to practise their model virtues, soon roused the indignation of the colonists by their " Pentonvillany." In this dilemma the discipline of Pentonville was modified, transportation to Tasmania was suspended for a time, and Sir George Grey and Earl Grey, who were now in office, prepared to " settle" the Convict question once more. According to the new scheme propounded by them, the convict's sentence was divided into three portions. The first was to be passed in separation, the second in penal servitude on public works, and the third in a colony with a ticket of leave. The stages at home were placed under the management of Sir Joshua Jebb, who, by the death of his former colleagues, Messrs. Crawford and Russell, had risen to be the government factotum in convict matters, His scheme promised well, and to all appearance the Con vic t question was again " settled," till the time came for the colonies to receive our purified felons ; and then the wrathful refusal of all of them, except Western Australia, to serve any longer as a receptacle for our criminality, dis arranged the entire plan.: To meet the emergency, the first Penal Servitude Act was hastily passed, substituting penal servitude for transportation. Total Destruction of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. (From the North British Daily Mail.) The Glasgow Theatre Royal was on Saturday morning completely destroyed by fire. Shortly after half-past four o'clock a constable in Dunlop-street observed a bright glare of light through one of the windows in that part of the building (the north-east wing) containing the wardrobe and other properties. He immediately raised an alarm, and in a few moments more the flames penetrated the roof, and soon the whole theatre was enveloped in one mass of flame, quite illuminating the entire district. Intimation of the occurrence was without delay transmitted to the Fire Bri gade Office, and the engines were turned out with ail speed. On reaching Dunlop-street, Mr. Bryson, superin tendent of the fire brigade, saw that any attempt to save the theatre would be utterly futile. He consequently directed the efforts of those under him not so much to the theatre itself as to those buildings contiguous to it. He stationed men on the tops of the surrounding houses, and whilst some firemen kept these cool, others poured down torrents of water upon the burning pile. His efforts were to a very large extent successful. Till about half-past 6 o'clock the fire in the Royal raged on, and not till there was almost nothing more to burn did the flames subside. The walls of the theatre are still standing, but the back one is conside rably off the perpendicular, so that it is thought it will be necessary to pull it down. The north one is still more in secure. The other two (the south and west ones) seem sound enough at present. As we have stated, the attempts to save the adjoining houses have been to a large extent successful—very successful when their proximity to the theatre is taken into account. Indeed, only in one in stance has any damage been done by fire. The premises of Messrs. John Steivart and Co., iron and steel merchants, at the back of the burned structure, have suffered slightly. The hay-loft was at one time ignited, but the fire there was quickly subdued. One of the young men connected with the establishment having at an early period of the fire observed the flames threatening the stable, very prudently entered and at once removed two valuable horses, which otherwise might have been suffocated. The back rooms in the promises of Mr. Hillcoat, wine and spirit mer chant, have been damaged by water, but not to a very great degree. Theatres in Glasgow seem fated to destruction by fire. The Queen-street one was burned down : that of Anderson, the famous " Wizard of the North," shared the same fate ; David Prince Miller's Adelphi Theatre was no exception to what would seem to be the rule; and now the Tneatre Royal, we dare say the most beautiful and best appointed of the whole, has succumbed to the same element. An alarm a fire raised in this building in the winter of 1848-9, on a Saturday night, ended most tragically in the death of 50 individuals, victims to unnecessary fear, for ex that oc casion the so-called fire was really no fire at all. The ward robe, the library, the armoury, and the "properties" gene rally of the Theatre Royal were, we believe, the richest, the most extensive, and the most varied of any theatre out of London, and even surpassed some of those in the metropolis. The wardrobe, in fact, was three in one, comprising, as it did, besides the one proper to the Royal, that of the late Mr. Murray, of Edinburgh, and that of the Prince's Theatre. The library was also very valuable, and those who have been in the habit of visiting the theatre can well judge of the value of the general properties. This erection, which is about 50ft. high, 50ft. broad, and 70 yards long was raised in the latter end of 1339, on the site of the old theatre, in consequence of the felt insufficiency of the then existing theatre accommodation. Mr. J. H. Alexander was the proprietor, and under his management the play going portion of the public for nany years were well sup plied with theatrical entertainments. The building and decorations as they stood previous to this catastrophe, in cluding the site, which is very valuable, were estimated at from £20,000 to £30,000. The property in it belonging to Mrs. Glover is valued at from £B,OOO to £lO,OOO. The building is insured in the Royal Insurance Com pany for £3,000; Commercial Union, £2,000 ; Liverpool and London Company, £1,000; Sun, £1,000; and Scottish Provincial, £l,ooo—in all, CB,OO. The fixtures and ma chinery in the theatre are insured in the Scottish Provincial for £l,OOO. Mrs. Glover's property is only partially insured. Her loss, as we have stated, is estimated at about £lO,OOO, while she is only insured for £3,000 in the Norwich Union. The proprietor of the refreshment department is insured in the Provincial Welsh Company for £lOO. But there are other parties who will be losers more or less. The actors and actresses have every one of them lost not only their employment for the present, but their whole professional accessories. A subsequent examination of the ruins shows that the whole of the books in the library have not been lacing o t f h a e totally destroyed. A number of manuscripts, as well as printed works, have only been partially burned round the edges; but it is still doubtful whether any practical use can . e a A t a lp ; ever be made of those which haveesceaspee: room and staircase on the north side of the theatre have I been savedi, but they cannot be turned to any account, also ' , the only reason for mentioning their fact that on the wall of the room, after the fire h a d b een hats and headdresses of all kinds —f subdued, no end of beaver—were found from the king's crown to the beggar's Imes and heat with which pended, quite unharmed by the , has also been found. they had been surrounded. The cashbox At this conflagration th e advantages of the copious supply ; of water we now possess were a bundantly demonstrated. Bryson merely Bryson The engines were never required, Mr. A att aching the 13 hose which were used to the mains. Ef yet the origin of the fire is quite a mystery. The theatre was closed a t 1 2 o ' clock on Friday night, a t w hich hour all was left in seeming order and security. On Saturday afternoon and during the whole of Sunday the scene of the conflagration was visited by thousands of citizens. Firemen were present throughout Saturday night, and up till 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, occasionally pour ing water on the smouldering debris. CRIMINAL COURT.----Yesterday. Margaret Connell, 27, Sarah Francis, 19, John Lovell, 21, and John Power, 27, were charged with assault and robbery upon John Rose. The prosecutor in this case is a fishmonger at the east end of the town, and on the night of the 23d of December he had been to his club, and had en joyed himself upon the occasion to such an extent that he admitted he was the worse for the liquor he had imbibed. On his way home, according to his own statement, he was assailed by four persons, two men and two women, who shoved or knocked him down, and his pockets were then rifled, and he was robbed of a portion of the money that was upon him. The prosecutor was unable to speak to the identity of any of the prisoners who were concerned in the alleged robbery, and although by the evidence of other witnesses it was established that the pri soners were near the prosecutor, the case for the prosecution was not at all clearly made out. The jury acquitted the whole of the prisoners. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Charles Baker, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the service of Messrs. Bell and Dakly, the publishers in Fleet street, and he took the opportunity afforded to him by his position to tear out a blank cheque from the cheque-book of one of the firm, which he filled up for £2O, but it was done in such a clumsy manner that it was at once detected to be a forgery. The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' hard labour. George Vinpany, 48, a little humpbacked man, described as t. jeweller, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously having in his possession a mould cal culated to fabricate counterfeit sovereigns. It appeared from a statement made by Mr. Bren nan, who was formerly an inspector of police, but who is now specially attached to the Mint, and en gaged in the detection of offences against the coin, that the prisoner has for a great many years been most actively employed in connexion with such offences, and he was convicted in 1848 of an offence of this description, and sentenced to 10 years' trans portation. He, however, obtained his liberty in about five years and a half, and it appeared that he immediately recommenced his old occupation, but his proceedings were conducted with so much cau tion and ingenuity that it was not until very re cently that the police were enabled to get hold of him, and as Brennan somewhat naively observed, he had never had so much trouble with a man in his life as he bad had with the prisoner. When he was taken into custody a great number of letters were found in his possession that had been sent from different parts of the country, applying for counterfeit money, and there appeared to be no doubt that the prisoner was an active agent in disseminat ing counterfeit coin throughout all parts of the kingdom. In the room where the prisoner was taken into custody there were found several moulds, made of much better materials, and capable of fabricat ing counterfeit coin of a superior character, than those ordinarily made use of by coiners, and other articles which showed clearly that the prisoner was an adopt at his nefarious calling, It was also stated that the prisoner had been charged, with one of the men who was tried last session for being concerned in the robbery of the Bank of England note paper, with uttering forged notes. The Common Sergeant observed that it would be mearly a waste of time to address any remarks to a man like th e pr i soner . It was clear that he was determined to break the laws, and although he had evaded detection for some time, he had at last found, as was always the case, that the law was too strong for him. He then sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal s erv i tu d e f or twen t y y ea rs. Sarah Anne B arre t t , 43, pleaded guilty to two indictments charging her with stealing property belongin g to her employers. The prisoner was convicted of an offenca of the same class in 1860 at this court, but in consequence of a very artful and piteous appeal made by her for mercy only a slight sentence was passed upon her. At this time, it appeared that she had a sum of about £3O in the savings bank, which, by her conviction, was forfeited, but after her discharge, she made such representations to the Home Secretary that he con sented to the money being restored to her, and on her being taken into custody upon the present charges it was discovered that she had increased the amount to over £7O; and as her wages were only £lB a year, the natural inference derived from this fact was that this money must have been the produce of the various felo nies committed by the prisoner. It was inciden tally stated in the course of the narrative given by the learned counsel that one of the officials in the gaol where the prisoner had been confined after her conviction had assisted her to make out a deed of gift to her sister of all the property of which she was possessed, by which means it escaped forfeiture, and the rights of the Crown were defeated ; but as it did not appear by what means the information had been obtained, and the parties, of course, had no oppor tunity of giving any explanation, it is obvious that it would be unfair to mention the name of the per son who was alleged to have acted in the manner described. The Common Sergeant sentenced her to be kept in penal servitude for six years. William Ballard, 56, and Bliza Ballard, 36, man and wife, were charged with being feloniously in possession of a galvanic battery for the purpose of making counterfeit coin. The jury acquitted the woman on the ground that she had acted under the influence of her husband, and found the former guilty. Brennan stated that he had known the prisoner thirty years,•and he had no doubt that during the whole of that long period he had been engaged in making counterfeit coin, but his proceedings were conducted with so much art that he had been unable to get a case against him until the present occasion. The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to ten years' penal servitude. WESTMINSTER PALACE HOTEL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Hotel, Victoria-street, West minster—Viscount Chelsea in the chair. Mr. Jefferies, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the gross receipts for the past half-year had been £18,408, and the expenditure £11,992, leaving as net profit £6,409, which, after deducting £625 for interest on loans and £942 for reserve funds, would, with the balance from the preceding account, leave available for dividend £5,620, out of which the board recommended a di vidend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £420. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on their im proved prospects. It was very gratifying to them that it was the intention of the India Board to pro long their tenancy till August, 1865. Sir C. RUSSELL seconded the motion. Mr. FRANKLYN, M.P., moved, as an amendment, that the dividend be at the rate of 10 per cent. Mr• LONGSTAFF seconded the amendment. After some discussion, the amendment was with- drawn. The report was then adopted, and the dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum was adopted. The retiring directors and auditors were re-elect ed, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the following railway bills were de clared to have complied with the standing orders of Parliament :—Great-Eastern—to confer additional powers on the company in reference to the Waveney Valley, the Lynn and Hunstanton, and the Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Railways; also in regard to the company's bill for running steam. boats between Harwich and Lowestoft, and certain foreign ports, and between King's Lynn, Hull, and Newcastle, and to raise £250,000. Nor th London— for a branch from the Caledonian-road to the Yaek road. Mid-Kent—to make two railways from their Addiscombe Extension, one into Croydon and the other to the London, Chatham, and Dover, near the Beckham station, and to raise £75,000. Hadlow— for arrangements with the London, Chatham, and Dover, and Sevenoaks Railways. Mistley, Thorpe, and Walton—for a line from the Great Eastern at Mistley to Walton-on-the-Naze, and to raise £60,000. Seaton and Beer—for an ex tension from the London and South-Western to Seaton, and to raise £36,000. St_ Ives and West Cornwall Junction—for a line to St. Ives, and to raise £42,000. Irish North Western—for an extension alo ng t h e quays at Dundalk. The only ca se o f non-compli ance was the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction, for new lines. Comparative Rates of Pay in the Navy between 1841 and 1862. On comparing :the rates of pay accorded to the various ranks of the navy twenty years ago with those now granted, it appears that the annual receipts of officers of the higher eTades has been but little altered, that those of lieutenants, masters, and engineers have been slightly increased, while those of the petty officers and seamen have been consider ably augmented. Thus we find that the average pay of all ranks was in 1841 £36 12 4 per man per a nnum . 1852 .. 39 14 S 1862 .. 43 16 3 ), and that t & h c., ecost was oifnyi c tualling, including provis ions, ne cessaries,lB4l 18521 f 1862 ), £11159 0 6 7 0 7 15 6 per man per annu m. so that on wages and provisions alone each man employed in the navy in 1862 cost £8 14s 5d more than in 1841. But the best criterion by which to judge of the difference be tween the pay of the navy in the two periods is the amount of wages granted to the able seamen, which is now £2B lld per annum, while in 1841 it was only £22 2s. It will be easily perceived from these figures how great is the change and how much better is the position of the common sailor than it was formerly, and it must moreover be re membered that in addition to this increase of money ac tually paid to him, he enjoys many advantages which in the "good old times" were quite unknown ; he has a por tion of his clothing, all his bedding, and all his mess traps supplied gratuitously, his pay in hospital continues under certain limitations on the home stations, and abroad until the patient is either cured or sent home as an invalid, he is granted six weeks leave on the ship bring put out of com mission, with continuance of pay, he receives instruction on board ship, part of his wages are paid monthly, he can a ll o t a portion of his money in maonndthhlye phaaaymthenetespttoienaneyf ' o speenrdsoinnginanthoredUernhiteemd eKfeinrgedeonamef his pay to b e p l aced in any savings bank on his account.— United &lace Maga zine. lIHE SUN, LONDON, rims DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1863 WIFE MURDER IN MANCHESTER. On Saturday a murder was committed at a beer house called the Jolly Hatters, No. 49, Edge-street, near Shudehill, Manchester, under circumstances named Mary Ann Taylor, displaying great cooln ess and deliberation . The victim is a young woman , and the person in custody on the charge of murdering her is her husband, Levi Taylor. Taylor is a youth about 18 years of age , a nd describe s himself as a blast furnace tenter, but at p resent ou t of work. He lived in Back-lane, F a iiswortb. The unfort una t e woman was about 24. Her m aiden name was Bradbury, and her friends live in Matlock -street, Royal Oak-yard, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Th e d ecease d and Taylor were married about seven or eight weeks since at the Manchester Cathedral. He states that he first met her about four months ago at a vaults in Oldham-street. He knew that she had been leading a loose life before, but believed that she had reformed. After their marriage he tookher to Failsworth, but she only remained there a few days, and there had been continual differences between them because she would not live at Fails worth. He, however, was out of work, and unable to maintain her. Very recently she came to live at the Jolly Hatters, and is described as having been engaged there as a servant. On Saturday, between three and four o'clock, Taylor called at the Jolly Hatters. He accused her of inconstancy and of lead ing a dissolute life. He, however, sat for some time in the company, and sang two or three songs. He then said that he was going away at four o'clock, and that she would no t see hi m ag ain. He induced her to accompany him to an upper room. In a few minutes he came downstairs and said, " I have done it. Send for a policeman—l have murdered that --." His ha n d s were covere d w ith blood. At th e same time the unhappy woman was seen coming downstairs bleeding from two frightful gashes in her throat. The murderer was secured, and his vic tim was removed to the Royal Infirmary, where she was attended by Mr. W. 0. Jones, the house surgeon, and Mr. Anderson. These gentlemen found two incised wounds on the neck, one to the left and the otherZto the right. One was Sin. long and gin. deep, and the other about 2in. long and of the same depth. She died shortly after her ad mission. The instrument with which the wounds were inflicted was a clasp pocket knife. It was found covered with blood. On the blade ale . the words " shilling knife." Taylor said he bought the knife at a place going out of Deansgate, near Smithy Door. He talked of the terrible deed with the greatest coolness and complacency. He said that when they were together he put his hand under her chin and held it up, and then gave her one cut ; and that when he found he did not succeed in killing her, he gave her another cut. Tne prisoner I was brought before the magistrates yesterday for I e xamination, but evidence was not gone into. He Was remanded till Wednesday. The inquest com menced yesterday evening. parish church yard TUE OLDEST M AN OF HIS G EN ERATION. —In the of Ware, Ilerts, is a tomb on which is the following inscripti on .—"I n memory of William Mead , M.D., who depart e d t h is life the 28th o f O c tober, 1852, aged one hundred and forty-eight years nine months three weeks four days," SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—In any country but the France of Napo leon 111. the singular political event which has just occurred would be looked upon as an omen of sinis ter import. A Prince of the Blood, the only mem ber of the Imperial family who has a name and a:po sition in Europe, has thought fit to stand alone in opposition to the Address of the Senate, and to pro claim to the world in the most emphatic manner that he and his cousin are at variance on the most important question of French policy. The Senate, in its Address, committed itself fully to the occupa tion of Rome. Going beyond the expressed opinions, perhaps beyond the private wishes, of the Sovereign, this august, but not very independent body, chose to declare not only that France would maintain the temporal power of the Pope, but that Italy had given up all desire for what she had formerly coveted. In the 7th paragraph of the Address it was said that, " Italy, nearer to us, herself seconds the allaying of fears after having caused them to arise ;" that "at Turin people no longer speak of Rome ;" and that " the indepenoence of Italy is not a compact made by France with the revolution." By these expressions the Senate pledged itself to support the Emperor in his more illiberal policy, and affected to believe that the desireot the Italians for Rome, and of the Romans for union with Italy, was a revolutionary dream that had vanished before the firm will of the French Ruler. A debate of much interest took place, and gave M. Thouvenel an opportunity of declaring himself a friend of the Italian cause, and condemning the policy which, by bending to and humouring the Roman priesthood, makes matters every day more difficult to settle. But in all that large assemblage only one man thought of voting against the Address which con tained the offensive paragraph. That one was Prince Napoleon, and at the close of the debate the numbers were announced to be—for the Address, 121 ; against it, 1. Scarcely less remarkable than the vote of Prince Napoleon was the speech of M. Thouvenel. In a review of his own policy, which shows that he can command attention by the tongue as well as by the pen, the late Minister of Foreign Affairs justified himself, and in language bolder than we have ever heard from an ex-Minister, denounced the French occupation of Rome. It will give courage to the friends of the Italian came to find that although a part of French society may affect indifference, though illustrious persons may allow theological fanzies to blind them to the claims of human and rational right, yet the Councils of the Emperor do not want for men pledged to a more just policy. M. Thouvenel has been Minister, and he may be again ; indeed, it is almost certain that he would be recalled if any grave political questions were to arise in Europe. Whenever that time shall come we know that there will be a man at the French Foreign-office who thinks as Englishmen think on the affairs of Southern Europe, and who is convinced that France loses more in reputation and influence than she gains in actual military power by persisting in the repression of the Roman people. Nothing can be more bold and severe than M. Thouvenel's rebuke to the busy courtiers who accused him of falsifying the Emperor's policy. "Do you wish," he says, "to know who falsifies the Emperor's policy. Those who pretend to be the depositaries of secrets which have not been confided to them; those who forget that the Emperor has declared that every country has the right of freely regulating the conditions of its existence; those who do not understand that Victor Emmanuel alone can represent the principle of order in Italy." Then, with something like scorn, the dismissed Minister alludes to the " reforms" so often promised for the Roman States. A journal has published a programme of these petty changes. " I seriously ask," says M. Thouvenel, " does it contain any appearance of the concessions in dispensable to the reconciliation of the power of the Pope with his subjects ?" In his opinion the question is no nearer its solution than before. " The situation has undergone no change; the obstacle is still at Rome." Then he speaks of the mortal disorder which the present state of Italy and of the Papal territory causes. " There is a black spot on the horizon; that black spot is the Roman question, and it is time to meet it boldly." There is only one principle which can be legiti mately and safely appliNl—the principle by which the French Empire and the Senate themselves exist —the principle of respecting the popular will. It may not be right of the Italians to claim Rome as their capital; but it is certainly the right of the Romans that they should be governed in conformity with their own wishes. " Well, it is the unanimous wish of the Romans that the temporal authority of the Pope should be transformed, and I regret that the Committee has not thought proper to say so in the Address." Then, courageously adverting to the military occupation itself, M. Thouvenel declared that it could never be recognised. France had had to endure such an occupation herself. Austria might practise it, but it could never be admitted into the law of nations. Such were theremarkable utterances of the statesman who a few months ago was at the head of the Foreign Affairs of France. A Prince stands out alone against the Sovereign and the Senate, a Minister uses the language of a popular tribune, and the Emperor, whose policy is thus attacked by his own relative and his own Councillor, makes no response. Conjectures in plenty will be formed, but there is only one thing certain, that sooner or later the Emperor will have to adopt the policy advocated by his more liberal advisers. We, who look on the affairs of Rome with the calm ness of a nation that has determined on taking no part in the matter, see this more clearly than the Ruler and the politicians who live among Royalist and priestly and military intrigues, and who, moreover, are full of traditions about the influence of France which we cannot appreciate, or even understand. The time will surely come when the Emperor, ashamed of oppressing a gifted people, and weary of priestly obstinacy and ingratitude, will own the justice of his cousin's protest and the force of his Minister's arguments. POST.—If there were a Government in the world which we should have supposed to have its hands perfectly full it is that of the United States of America. It has been engaged for two years in a war which, though it has burdened it with a colossal debt, has been utterly barren of practical results. It has been straining all its energies during two long and bloody campaigns to push its armies a hundred and thirty miles in a straight line from its own capital, and has failed. It has brought itself to the verge of ruin in amassing armies which have nevertheless, proved impotent to effect the purpose for which they were created. At the commence. ment of a third year it has braved the contempt of every civilised State by adopting a scheme which offere a faint hope of realising the object it has in view through the medium of a servile insurrection. Baffled at every point, but still sanguine of ultimate success, the Federal Government might fairly be considered to have quite as much work as it could conveniently disposo of in attempting afresh the sub jugation of the South. It so happens, however, that those who ought to know best—that is to say, Mr. Lincoln and his Legislature—think otherwise. They, as one would expect, are well acquainted with the resources of the American nation, and can form a more accurate estimate than strangers of the powers and the capabilities of the great Republio. Those who fancy that the North is so fully engaged in the work of crushing the rebellion in the South, that it mast rest a passive spectator of everything that takes place beyond the pale of the Union, are very much mistaken. Those who suppose that, with a national debt which already equals half of that which Great Britain has accumulated in a century and a half, the North is not in a position to take up the cudgels in any other quarrel than that in which it is at present engaged, are grievously in error. It ma y be the duty of the Federal Government to su ppress a rebellion within its own dominions, but it has a mission to perform in the cause of dis tressed nationalities. The fulfilment of both these obligations is, of course, perfectly practicable by a Government which, according to the new system of finance, possesses, so long as a sheet of paper re mains in the country, a limitless command of wealth. Congress has accordingly, in an interval between the passing of Mr. Chase's money bills, turned its attention from domestic to foreign politics- Seeing in the south-west corner of the American continent a State whose rights are in danger of being tam pered with by a European Power, it proposes, with that instinctive love of freedom and independence of foreign control which is so characteristic of the Federal Legislature, to throw its protecting eogis over the threatened State. Mexico is in danger of being subjugated by France, and the North, the vindicator of freedom and independence, imme diately rushes to the rescue. It is scarcely possible, and it is certainly not worth while, to consider se riously the resolutions which have been introduced in the Federal Congress respecting the French in tervention in Mexico. If in the expedition de spached to Mexico, the Federal Government de tects any threatened hostility to the American Union, it might, notwithstanding its present unen viable position, find it expedient to take part in the quarrel against the European Power; but when the ground alleged for interference is the attack directed by the French Emperor against " free in stitutions," it is impossible to believe that this pre text can seriously be advanced by those who are sparing no efforts to crush " free institutions" within their own territories. The Federal Congress will not, however, content itself with expressing its disapproval of the course taken by France in re gard to Mexico; it is suggested that the Govern ment should be called upon to requite the with drawal of the French troops, and, in the event of refusal on the part of France, to enter into a treaty with Mexico to enforce its demand. The debate on these resolutions had not taken place when the mail left, but it is by no means improba ble that they may meet with the approval of the Legislature. The opportunity for indulging in brag will not he lightly thrown away by those senators who passed a vote of thanks in favour of Com modore Wilkes. The American press approves of the resolutions, but doubts if the moment selected for their introduction is opportune; and, with an unusual amount of candour, admits that it would be found impossible to give them effect. It is not easy to understand how the French intervention in Mexico can endanger a Republic which is already in progress of dissolution ; but, on the other hand, if the cause of liberty and of " free institutions" is the motive agent in the proposed interference, some candid friends may possibly be found to tell the Federal Congress that the cause of " free institu tions" would derivamore support by the withdrawal of its armies from the Potomac and the Mississippi than by the establishment of an additional force in the State of Mexico. The general news brought by this mail possesses but little interest. Respecting the movements of Burnside's army, though sta tioned only 60 miles from Washington, nothing certain is known. One telegram iuforms us that he has crossed the Rappahannock and fought a bloody battle, in which one of his best generals was mortally wounded. Another says he is still at Acquia Creek. An advance of the Federal army has been daily expected, so that it is not improbable that Burnside has onoe more ventured to make a forward movement. The Federal Government do not yet despair of forcing their way into the Con federate capital. It was supposed at Washington that the Southern Commander-in-Chief, confident that his adversary would not again attempt to advance on Richmond, had despatched a consider able portion of his troops into Tennessee. This, however, turns out to be another of the many errors into which the Federal Government has fallen regarding the movements of its foes. General Lee's army remain intact blocking up the route from Fredericksburg to Richmond. If Burnside has in truth crossed the Rappahannock, he must be careful not again to encounter a defeat like that of the 13th of December. It is awkward to have a deep and rapid river crossing the line of retreat, and he might not be so lucky as a second time to transport his army across it under cover of night. Military men will be astonished to hear that Gen. Fitzjohn Porter has been found guilty of the charges preferred against him by Gen. Pope, and dismissed the service. We may assume that the charges were satisfactorily proved ; but, nevertheless, his punishment at this late period is contrary to the fundamental principles not only of military but of civil law. It will be in the recol lection of our readers that, notwithstanding the charges advanced by Gen. Pope after his signal de feat at Bull Run, in the month of August, Porter still continued on active service, and commanded the reserves at the battle of Antietam Creek on Sept. 17. However guilty he may have been, his offence had been condoned by his subsequent em ployment. The Federal Government has done many strange things since the commencement of the war; but amongst them the dismission with disgrace of a general officer for an offence which had been con doned by retaining him in an important command, will occupy a conspicuous place. Civilians have been made to suffer no little hardship through the dis regard of the authorities for the laws they were pledged to administer ; perhaps it is only equitable that soldiers should equally experience some of the consequences of a purely despotic rule. THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT BILSTON. Yesterday the inquest was opened upon the bodies of the three men who were killed on Friday morn ing in a pit-shaft, 75 yards deep, at the Pagett's Croft Colliery, Bradley, near Bilston, by the wind ing rope of the pit having been cut, before Mr. T. M Phillips, coroner for the Wolverhampton district. Mr. Arthur Wright, the proprietor of the pit, was represented by a solicitor, who put questions to the witnesses with a view to the tracing home of the crime to the party who is suspected of hav ing cut the rope. A portion of the rope, about two yards in length, was produced at the inquest. It was . in two por tions, and showed th e breakage. The circumference of the rope was 41 inches, and it was constructed of three strands. Two of the strands had been cut through apparently with either a chisel or an axe, and the damage having been occasioned where the rope was spliced, and at the most vulnerable part of the splicing, the third strand had, by the severance of the other two, been liberated, and the men and the skip were suspended only by two or three threads of the otherwise completely severed strands. These threads had been of strength sufficient to bear the weight of the skips when it was sent down to test the soundness of the machinery and the rope, but it broke when the weight of the three deceased was added. The rope was perfectly sound on Thursday evening, when the pit was ceased to be worked ; and during Thursday night the point at which the severance took place hung about a foot from the pulley over the pit's mouth. To reach it in that position, some steps which were upon the frame which was surmounted by the pulley would have to be climbed. The per son suspected usually descended with the first de tachment of miners, but upon this occasion he ab stained from going down so early, ani going to some of the boys, he said that " they would be fools l if they went down, for the rope was not safe." Previously no complaints had been made of the un soundness of the rope, and every witness expressed his satisfaction with its condition. The Jury were unanimously of opinion that the rope had been cut; but the Coroner thought that the matter ought to be further investigated before they came to a decision. The inquiry, which had lasted five hours, was then adjourned for a fortnight. As we near Blackburn, and look out upon some 60 slender chimneys, with no pennons of smoke floating over the battle of life in the streets beneath, the too clear atmosphere, and the absence of the din and hum of machinery, give an aspect of Sabbath leisure, without the Sabbath cheerfulness : while groups of compelled idlers, who have had no blessed refuge of labour to fly to from their gloomy thoughts for these months past, loiter about the station and the streets. It is market day in Blackburn, but we do not discover it for ourselves until we are told that it is se—there are a few stalls and booths erected in the mar ket square, but there is no profuse display of produce, no busy crowd of chaffering housewives. The streets are free from the throng of business and the rattling of many wheels; and there is hush enough for us to hear every where the sharp click and clatter of the Lancashire wooden clogs upon the pavement—a sound which will ever be as sociated in my memory with our day's melancholy wander. ings through the famine stricken streets of Blackburn.— Temple Bar. AN ELECTION BRAWL. Yesterday the magistrates at Dover wore engaged in the investigation of a charge of assault arising out of the excitement produced here on the occasion of the recent electoral contest for East Kent. Im portance was given to the proceedings by the posi tion in life occupied by the respective parties, the complainant, Mr. Thomas Robinson, being an alderman of the borough, and the defendant, Col. Hammond, a retired officer of the army living in Dover. Both were warm partisans of the rival can didates at the late election, the complainant exert ing himself on the side of Sir E. C. Daring, and the other gentleman using what influence he possessed in favour of Sir Norton Knatchbull. It transpired in the course of the evidence that on the day of the election Alderman Robinson, who rendered active service to the cause of Sir Edward Bering, in ushering electors to the polling booth, passed the defendant near the booth at an advanced hour in the afternoon, when the contest was waxing warm, when the gallant colonel insinuated that the state- ment of the poll placed outside Sir Edward Dering's committee room was incorrect, and addressing Mr. Robinson said, " If you go into the Garrick's Head and repeat those lies, you may expect the roof to fall in upon you." Alderman Robinson then turned round and asked if Colonel Hammond charged him with being a liar. The colonel replied that he did, and the worthy alderman then retorted upon Colonel Hammond by calling him a " blackguard." This was an insult too great for the colonel to bear, and he struck Alderman Robiuson a blow in the eye. Alderman Robinson, though of remarkably small stature, immediately "squared" himself into fighting attitude, and in vited the colonel to "come on." The police, how ever, interfered, and a pitched battle was prevented the colonel being advised to leave the enclosure, which he did, and Alderman Robinson being car ried off to the committee room of Sir Edward I)ering, where he made a speech to a boisterous but sympathetic crowd below. The evidence as to the blow given by Colonel Hammond was very clear and decisive, both on the part of complainant him self and his witnesses. For the defence it was sug gested that there was sufficient provocation to justify the assault, which could not be denied. Colonel Hammond, believing the numbers exhibited from Sir Edward C. Daring's committee room were not correct, did in a joke say to Alderman Robinson that he might expect the roof of the Garrick's Head to fall upon him. The complainant, who was very excited, according to the defendant's witnesses, thereupon advanced to defendant in a defiant man ner, and assuming from what the colonel had said that his veracity was impugned, he called Colonel Hammond a blackguard, and then the assault fol lowed. The magistrates, after a consultation, found the defendant guilty of the assault, and fined him ss. and costs. COUNTRY MARKETS. .4 , - COLCHESTER—JAN. 31. A moderate supply of grain, trade dull, and prices were rather lower. Wheat, white 46s 52s Beans,Mazagan..3oB 33s red 42s 48s middle & small.3ss 42s Barley Oats GLOUCESTER-JAN. 31. To-day there was a large supply of English wheat, which sold at rather lower prices. Foreign was in limited de mand. Fine malting barley firm, but sales slow. Oats and beans dud. RD—JAN. 30. -,:ay there was an adequate 3garda quantity, though good II have a downward tendency. dy. yeas, Partridge,- 37s 40s White 393 408 Boiling 4os 438 Dun 35s 38s Ditto new Beans, Tick, old 34s 39s new..—s —s Harrow Ticks ..35s 40s new ..—s —s Alazagan . ..30s 38s CIIELMSFO: At this corn exchange to. show of wheat, as far as rc qua.ity was scarce. Prices stil Spring corn somewhat unsteai Wheat, old white...3ss 52s new ..36s 50s! uld red....41s 49s new 37s 47s Barley 2.8 36s Chevalier 2Bs 39s Grinding 22s 31s M alt 6ls 67s Chevalier . ..... , 64s 69s Oats 20s 28s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—JAN. 31. We had moderate supplies of wheat and barley, but fair of oats. Sales ready. Wheat brought the same rates as last week. Barley and oats rather higher. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fir5t....298 Oct I 21s Oct I 18s Od Second ..36s Od 25s Od 23s Od Third....—s Od —s Od Od COAL Isll erioes of Coal per Ton at s. d. Hastings Hartley ....15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley l5 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting 22 0 Lambert's West Hart le 15 3 Cowp y en Hartley 15 3 Morfa House.... 22 0 Buddle's West Hartley 15 3 ,BET. the close of the market. Walls End. 0. d. Tunstall Hetton .. l7 0 Russel's Hetton 17 0 Braddyll's Hetton 16 3 K elloe • .. .... ..16 0 South Kelloe. l6 6 Hartlepool 16 6 South Hartlepool 15 6 Haswell Cassop 16 6 Heugh Hall 16 3 Trimdon Thornley 16 6 ~ 109 ; sold, 58. Walls End. Riddell.... 15 01 Ships at market, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Mar. P: China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptonyeb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 18 via Marseilles Feb. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb 10 via Marseilles Feb. 5. Portugal.... Feb 3 _Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamptoi Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 5, Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 4. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Feb. 6. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerifle Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 12. iNlexico ....Feb. 28. All parts of West. Indies, Including Chili, Peru ' California, and British Columbia.. i Feb. 13. LAWFUL FORGING.—A very curious advertise ment appears in the New York Times of the 15th ult. It runs as follows :—" Confederate (rebel) Money.—Facsimile Confederate Treasury notes, so exactly like the genuine, that where one will pass current the other will pass equally as well. Five hundred dollars in Confederate notes of all de nominations sent free by mail on the receipt of 5 duls. by W. E. Hilton, 11, Spruce-street, N,Y." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills—Vitiated Bile. —The present weather is productive of constant bilious de rangement, which, when neglected, induces fever. Hollo way s Pills are the best regulators of the liver, and their cheapness places them within the easy reach of all. They exercise the most absolute purifying power over the blood, and all the secretions, and wondertully improve the appe tite. They likewise strengthen the stomach and ensure the full and natural action to all the digestive organs with out fretting and weakening the system. They effectually prevent all flatulency and griping. Nothing ever equalled Holloway's Pills for warding off, or curing, the many mala dies so prevalent and dangerous during the changes of sea sons. They always impart health to body and mind. Births. HARCOURT.•—On the 30th ult., the wife of William Vernon Harcourt, Esq., of a son. LIDDELL.—On the 29th ult., at Sutton House, in Holder ness, in the East Riding of the County of York, the wife of G. W. M. Liddell, Esq., of a daughter. SIIERLOCK.—On the Ist inst., at Southwell, Notts, the wife of Captain Sherlock, late of 74th Highlanders, of a daughter. WRIGLEY.—On the Ist inst., at Caton, the wife of Arthur Wrigley, Esc., of a son. Marriages. MonisoN—WiLsort.—On the 29th ult., at West Hackney Church, Mr. John Morison, 25 , Nortonfolgate, N.E., to Catherine, the widow of the late Mr. Wm. Wilson, of 8, Rectory Villas, Stoke Newington. RuDGE---PETEue.-011 the 29th tilt., at Ewelme, Oxon, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Edward Rudge, Esq., of Ewelme, to the Rev. Thomas Peters, 8.A., S. Thomas') Stamford-hill, Middlesex. Deaths. BEA.LE.—OH the 2d inst., at 31, Finsbury-square, Miles Beale, M.R.C., aged 65. BLACKBURN.—On the 31st ult., Mr. James Watson Black burn, of 47, Cheapside, aged 42. BANSTEAD.--On the 31st inst., at Willesden, Middlesex, Mr. Thomas Banstead, aged 76. BRETT.—On the 31st ult. at Hampton-street, Walwort b • Alfred, youn gest son of late John Brett, Esq., of th e Stock Exchange, aged 35. BRIGGS.-011 the Ist inst., at Chatham, John Briggs' l E i e sh ei,, E o s f q., Snaagd 73 rg e ate . 1-1 ouse,Dover, aged 70. ENGLISH.—On th e 31 s t u lt., a t St reat h am , Edward Eng" HARROW.—On the 31st ult., Mr. Joseph Robert Ilarr ° fl builder, &c., of 11, Cross-street, H a tt on - g arden, age`` 82. - --- London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREVirS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN OfiiG e, 112, Strand, in tue Precinct of the Savoy, in the Counu of Middlesex.—Tuesday, February 3, 1863.