The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-07 00:00:00

THE GREEK REVOLUTION. (From the Times' Special Correspondent) ATHENS, DEC. 27, AFTERNOON. The Greeks will be ungrateful indeed if they don't erect at some future time a statue to their mythic King Alfred, as one of their greatest benefactors in the time of a great crisis. England may refuse him, Europe may be scowling and frowning at his in fatuation, but for all that King Alfred has reigned for the last two months and is still reigning in Greece. Even should his reign possibly soon cease the Greeks will long remember the reign of their good King Alfred. One night all that had been built up for the last 30 years fell down by its own weight, crushing its rotten foundations. Even those who had contributed to the downfall stood fright ened at the chaos and ruin which stared them in their faces. The dyke was broken, and the elements let loose threatened to overwhelm everything before them, for there was nothing to stop them. A name was whispered; it was caught up, and acted as a talisman ; the tide was arrested. The name of King Alfred has reigned over Greece more thoroughly and completely than ever a real King has. He has reigned over minds and hearts, banishing out of them all those bad instincts which 30 years' misrule had developed. It is only now, when we are threatened with losing him, that w e for this fully appreciate what hi s name has bee n this country. Scarcely has the threat been uttered when we feel already the effects of it. All those bad passions, littl e vanities and ambitions, which had been exorcised by that one powerful name, begin to leave their places and come again to daylight. They a re as yet timid and cautio us , for the charm has not lost its power as yet; but we had some indications of their reappearance during the last few days in the struggle between some por tion of the Government and the commander of the National Guard at Athens, Colonel Koroneos. You are aware of the embarrassment in which the Provisional Government found itself at its advent to power, with an army thoroughly demoralised, with a Gendarmerie unavailable because ex tremely unpopular, and with a National Guard as yet only on paper. The most obvious thing to do seemed to be to hasten the formation of the Na tional Guard and to help on the tendency which the soldiers showed to go home. A Government the issue of popular will had nothing to fear from a popular force, and it required no regular army, always so costly, and in this instance more a sub ject of apprehension than of security. The Government decided otherwise. If it did not oppose the formation of the National Guard it did little or nothing to promote it, while it employed all means in its power to bring together and con centrate the army in the capital. In a country so accessible to suspicion such a mode of acting could not but provoke remarks, comments, and dissatis faction, especially as it was known that a large por tion of the Ministry, and at least one member of the Provisional Government was opposed to this policy. The whole began to be looked upon at last as an attempt on the part of the President of the Go vernment to centralise all power in his own hands in view of future contingencies. The dissatisfac tion was naturally greatest among the National Guard itself and their commander. Every step was up-hill work. At first, the law about the National Guard, which had been passed by the last Chamber, but was not carried into execution, was only im perfectly applied. All higher organisation was de nied, and only squads of 20 men allowed. This was tantamount to no organisation at all. After a time the Government had to yield on this point and allow the formation of battalions. This point gained, four battalions were formed at Athens and the Pirrens, besides the battalion of the University; but then came the question of arming ;and clothing them. in vain was the matter urged. The answer was " There are no arms and there is no money," and yet the suspicion arose that there were arms at any rate, :if not money. A rich Greek merchant from St. Petersburg, Mr. Bernardallo, had offered several thousands at the first news of the law on the National Guard under the late King, but none but the Government knew how many of those arms had arrived, and how many of those which had arrived were lost during the first few days of the revolution, when every one helped himself. There had been equally money offers from abroad tendered for the purpose, but it was even more un certain if anything had arrived, or how much. No organisation of the National Guard was possible without this help in arms and money, and at last a committee was formed and subscriptions opened among the public to assist in procuring uniforms for those who could not afford them. In the meantime the feeling among the National Guard became every day stronger against what they considered as neglect, if not towards the institution. The Com mander of it felt this as a personal slight, and, out spoken as he is, did not conceal his opinion on the matter. This led to increased bad feeling. The President and those who supported him in the Cabi net thought it was time to interfere, and proposed to dismiss the Commander of the National Guard, under the plea that he was intriguing against the Government, that he was the cause of a bad feeling between the army and the National Guard, and kept up an agitation which threatened to bring about a collision. It would be difficult to say how far these charges were justified, for it was easy to construe the legitimate dissatisfaction of the Com mander of the National Guard, expressed as it was no doubt freely, into a hostile intention against the Government. Indeed, the majority of the Cabinet seemed to think so, for they refused to give their consent to his dismissal. This was in the beginning of last week. The news of the discussion on this subject in . the Cabinet got abroad an d caused considera bl e agita tion. The students assembled, and sent a deputa tion, headed by one of the professors, to the Presi dent, to ask whether this report was true that their Commander was to be dismissed, and to express at the same time their thorough confidence in him. The answer was that there was no such intention, and that if there was the Government would take into account the wishes of the deputation of the students. The students afterwards went in a body to the house of Koroneo, who made a speech exhort ing them to be quiet. No ono was taken in by this armistice. Yesterday the struggle was renewed. The proposal of Koro neo's dismissal was again brought before the Cabinet. This time the proposal was backed by the com plaints of several officers, who stated that Koroneo had tampered with their men and had tried to gai n them over to his side; that money had been distri buted among them; and that a number of soldiers and non - commissioned officers had to be placed under arrest for insubordination. Still, the majority of the Cabinet held out, res i s ting the proposal. While the discus s i on was going on Koroneo sent in his resignation, solving the question in an unex pected manner. It i s i nterpreted by his enemies BS a confession of guilt, and as a proof that he found the position he had taken up untenable. I am more inclined to think that the tranquillity had patriotism iaesm a o t nd t a h y e enough not to jeopardize the very last moment of the interregnum, 0 next the Assembly will be probably m ac e o m ou b n er t numbers to constitute itself, and then theterio7it sional Government will have to render an of its stewardship. Koroneo, who is a himself, will then have an opportunity to bring fo r . ward in a legitimate manner his own complaints and those of the National Guard. Eliza resignation having put an end to the discus sion about his person, the majority of the Cabinet, suspecting that those who had brought forward the dismissal of the Colonel did so with the view of ap poluting their own man, decided that the post of Commander of the National Guard of Athens should be abolished altogether ; and they considered this as a victory. But it is a questiln whether it be the best way to promote the object they have in view— namely, the organization of the National Guard. As for the public, it is difficulty has been got grateful that another - over and hopes that the t meeting of the Assembl y v e' I 1 re me dy many evils. flay that hope be reali se d b y events." The Recorders, of Exeter and Penzance on Mon day referred at some length to the present syste m o f p un i s h_ Errant, The 'carted gentlemen ogucurred in, re commeuding tviva s 9 tropratAtion, The Late Battle of Fredericksburg. (FROM AN EYE-WITNESS.) We ( Quebec Mercury) have been permitted to make the following extract from the lett, r of a Cana diAn surgeon in the Federal army to a relative in Montreal, dated from Burnside's headquarters on Sunday last :-- "Being attached for the time to headquarters, with nothing to do but to watch the progress of the fight from the gallery of the Phillip's Mansion, which commands a view of nearly the whole field of operations on the other Bide of the river, Ihad as good a sight of the battle after the fog lifted about noon as from a box seat of a theatre. At in tervals the clouds of smoke obscured the scene, but the sa again they rolled off, and a gran fight was exhibited. The battle d onp Panorama side aa a o w f a carnival of cowardice. Whatever the newspapers say, the highest officers here do not pretend to con ceal that the Union troops never fought so badly. After h go t within point blank range o f t h e nothing could induce th em t o a d vance. te fi y r had fire, n enemy's Fredericksburg was filled with stragglers in thou sands before the engagement had commenced, and this went on all day, until before night more than half the army had disbanded, and was skulking and plundering about town. Including the reserves, which went into action late in the afternoon, the Union force engaged was not less than 200,000. I do not think, from all that I can learn, the killed killed and wounded will reach 6,000, and should not be surprised to learn they are not more than 4,000. The position of the enemy, although good, was not exceedingly strong, and so wide spread that it was liable to be cut in half. It was not to be compared to that held by the Russians at Alma, which the Allies forced with so little difficulty ; and I am satisfied that a European army of one fourth the Federal force would have carried it with a single rush. But our men would not fight ; when the columns were got within range, they halted, began firing, every man on his own hook, became confused, and fell back in a perfect mob to be reformed. Seen from a distance, the attacking columns looked like so many street mobs, on which the police had made a sudden attack; a convulsion seemed to shake each in its turn, it opened out apparently with a desperate resolve to form line and advance, and then came a regular sauce qui pent, and every man ran for cover to the rear, as though the devil were after him. Then the jeering yells of the Confederates would ring out above the dull booming of the cannon and the pattering of musketry, and springing up from behind fences and rifle pits, the dark, gray line would advance at a run, and pour crushing volleys into the flying rout. I don't believe on the Confederate left and centre that our troops got within 150 yards of the advanced defences ; and it is certain very few of our wounded were too near to the enemy's line to be carried off. On the right the fighting is said to have been better. The greater part of the loss on our side was among the skulkers in the streets of Fredericksburg. We took and lost some prisoners on our left, but on no other pert of the field were the two armies sufficiently near to each other to make captives. The greater part of our dead have been left where they fell, but arrangements have been made by flag of truce to bury them. It is whispered, however, that it has been resolved to retire the army to this side of the river, General Burnside being satisfied it is useless to make another attack on the Confederate position with such troops. The material of the army is worse now than ever it was ; a battle is the signal for ' skedaddle' among the conscripts, substitutes, and bounty volunteers, and a disaster in any other position would lead to disso lution. But for the guards at the bridge-heads yesterday tens of thousands of skulkers would be by this time well on their way to Washington. Nothing is known of the enemy's loss beyond the statement of one of Lee's officers, who came in with a flag and permission for us to bury our dead in front of his lines, that it is very small. This would naturally be the case from his troops being under cover of rifle-pits, earthworks, and woods, and the rolling nature of their position allowing them to be concealed, where neither rifle nor cannon could reach them. The weather is as cold as November with you; ice forms every night, and does not disappear during the day; the roads are very bad, and in consequence the distribution of provisions irregular. There is a general talk of winter quarters, and a general hope that the cam paign is ended until spring. All day long the cars have been bringing up ammunition for the batteries on this side from Acquia. Landing, the firing last week having exhausted the magazines. A good many of the wounded have been brought across the river, and the hospital arrangements being bad, as nsua arrangements are being made to forward all tha can be moved to Washington." AFFAIRS ON SUNDAY. " Headquarters, Fifth Army Corps, Fredericksburg, Dec. 15, Evening. "It has been a quiet day for the Fifth Army Corps —a far different one from that anticipated last even ing. If there had been any fighting this corps would have come in for the first share, as it now occupies the post of danger. Gen. Griffin's division holds still the same position it held at the close of last evening. Theylie in a ravine,the front of which is close on the enemy's first line of cannon. It is about all a per son's life is worth to go to them or come from them. The moment a human form shows itself on the brow of the hill this side, a score of bullets salutes him from the rebel sharpshooters on the opposite hill. Lieutenant Ross, of General Griffin's staff, had his horse shot under him early this morning in en deavouring to carry a message to one of the brigade commanders. He says the bullets flew about his head with a proximity and liveliness anything but agreeeble. He escaped by crawling away on his viands and knees. Similar salutations was tendered to Lieutenant Case, also on General Griffin's staff. H e beat an active and, happily, secure retreat. The regiment have lain on their faces all day, with arms in readiness to spring to work when the order should be given. This situation of affairs has ren dered it impossible to bury our dead lying on the field—the dead being mainly ',those of General Couch's corps, Sturgis's division, which this divi sion relieved." The Night Poaching Prevention Act. STAMFOD, SATURDAY. At the Quart er S ess i ons, held here to--day, before Mr. Frederick Flowers, Recorder, a case of appeal against a recent conviction under the Night Poaching Prevention Act caused a great deal of interest. The facts are these : On the night of the 11th - alt., Mr: Joseph Atkinson, of Holywell, met a party cf men on the Ryhall-road, going in the direction of extensive game preserves, and, suspecting they were!poachers, gave information to the police. Between four and five o'clock the following morning posts were as / signed to the police force to watch for the poachers coming into the town. Sergeant Harrison, police-constable Wade, and special constable Birch proceeded towards the Ryhall tollbar, and about six o'clock perceived five men approach them who app eare d t o b e heavily laden with game. They v had also with the m a d og of the lurcher breed. tut th ey The police came up wyihthotfh9stmamfenoartd,aaapdlactehecayllfoed Rdyli Hollow, in a a named Robert Blad es , H enry James Yates, and a s t ranger. Yates, William Yates, were notoritohues b p o r o o a u ci era , Harrison, and in a bag found in was captured by Sergeant Robert Blades and James Yates made off, but the for mer netting and pegs. Wh en th e serge his possession were one hare, five rabbits, and o a k nd th a e qu b a a n g ti f t r y om of him Blades re mar k e d " Wh at f oo l s we w ere for coming this road, as Bill Kingston told us you were on the i, l i o i fmoak ut for l us on the Uffington-road." Bi rc h t oo k from i look-out i. i a bag conta i ning five rabbits and two hares, and n the fivebag taken by W a d e f rom Henry Yates were one hare, rabbits, and a quantity of netting. James Yates, who ran across the fields, was stopped on a road leading to his house, Upon seeing the policemen he dropped his bag in a dyke, and upon examination it was found to contain seven rab bits. The game, bags, and netting were taken to the police station, and Blades attended to take an inventory of the contents of the bags. The Bench convicted the defendants of the offence, and fined them each £2, including costs. Robt. Blades and Henry Yates were also fined ld. each for unlawfully having nets in their possession, and the nets were forfeited and ordered to be destroyed. Notice of ap peal was given, and the cases came on for hearing to-day, Mr. Law appearing for the appellants, and Mr. Atter in support of the conviction. Several cases were then dis posed of. Importing tea without colour on the leaf prevents the Chinese passing off inferior brown leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's tea is uncoloured, therefore always govl pay, Uci ii packets by 2 1 20 sgeats, THE MURDER NEAR WIGAN. WIGAN, Tuesday Afternoon, Information of the murder of the fireman Bar, ton, at Haigh, on Friday night or Saturday morn ing last, having been forwarded to Mr. Driffield, the district coroner, he yesterday issued his instruc tions for the summoning of a jury. The Packet Horse Inn, at the village of New Springs, in Haigh, was fixed upon as the house at which the inquiry should be held, and at noon this day the jury met. There were present, with the Coroner, the Assistant Chief Constable, Mr. King, of Bootle ; Superinten dent Ellison, of Pemberton ; Superintendent Orton, of Leigh ; Inspector Peters, of Hindley, and Mr. G. Daglish, J.P., surgeon, of Wigan. The principal portions of the articles discovered in the ash-pit were laid before the Coroner, and several witnesses Iwere in attendance. Before any steps were taken, however, to open the inquest the police officers con sulted privately with the Coroner, and made inqui ries from the family of the deceased. The result of the conversation was that the Coroner informed the jury that after a consultation with the police officers and the family of the murdered man he had decided not to open the inquiry at present. The inquest would,therefore, be adjourned sane dze,but due notice would be givenwhen it was thought advisable to make the evidence public. The reasons of this step are, we understand, that the police think it might be'prejudi cial to them in their search for the murderers if the whole of the information they have obtained and the suspicions they hold were circulated at the present time ; and that if the inquest was opened the Coro ner would have to issue his order for the inter ment of the remains—a course not at present thought advisable by the officers, who wish them to be left in their hands a short time longer. The jury offering no objection, the opening of the inquest was ad journed sine die, and the proceedings terminated. The crowbar with blood upon it, and a portion of the fragments found in the furnace, have been for warded to Mr. J. B. Edwards, analytical chymist, and his report is daily expected. None now have any hope that the result of his investigation will throw any doubt on the facts we have published. Yesterday evening a meeting of county magis trates was held at Wigan, when Superintendent Ellison and Inspector Peters, with whom was As sistant-Chief Constable King, of Bootle, made a state ment of the racts of which they were in possession. Mr, Daglish, surgeon, informed his brother magis trates that there could be little if any doubt that the fragments which he had inspected were human bones. It was stated that the Earl of Crawford and Balce.rres has offered a reward of £2OO for the ap prehension and conviction of the offenders, and it was decided to communicate with the Secretary of State to learn if Government would take any steps to assist the local authorities in the detection of the criminals. We have in our account of this dreadful affair spoken of the murder as having been committed by more than one person. Our opinion has just been amply confirmed by a conversation with a fireman at the pit. He considers it impossible for one per son to raise the body of a full-grown man to the level of the furnace and thrust it into the fire in the face of the fierce heat which is felt when the door is opened. " Whoever did it," said our informant, " has had his whiskers brunned" (burnt) It:may not be a fact without importance that a lunatic, named Taylor, a native of Aspull (the town ', ship which adjoins Haigh), on Thursday night escaped from the Wigan workhouse through a win dow, from which the Lunacy Commissioners ordered the bars to be removed, and has not since been heard of. Nothing is more likely than that he should make to his former residence, and many persons consider it far from improbable that he has been the murderer. The great difficulty of the police j is to find a motive for the commission of the crime. Though they may have had their suspicions aroused in one or two quarters, yet we believe we are cor rect in stating that at present they have no solid ground to work upon, and their labour is especially difficult from its being almost impossible to find a reason for the murder. A few additional facts connected with the dis covery of the body have transpired. We learn that when the men employed at the pit arrived at their work about half-past 3 o'clock, Watmonch, the pony •driver, was sent to the furnaces for a few burning coals with which to light a fire on the pit bank. He opened the first furnace, and said it would be impossible to get any there, as some one had, he thought, been filling it with wood. This was the fire in which the remains were afterwards found. The fire-hole was not again ♦isited till the arrival of the son of the murdered man to lower the men into the pit. He proceeded to make up the fire in the furnace where his father's remains were afterwards found, and, as the blood was not noticed upon the door-plate till four hours after wards, it is horrible to think that during the whole of this time the young man would be assist ing to destroy all traces of his parent. When steam had been "got up" none of the men went down excepting young Barton and the pony. driver, who descended to see if the old man had fallen down the shaft. The remains of the ashpit were examined yester day, when more half-burnt bones were found, prin cipally welded to cinders. It was also noticed that the clinkers were in many cases stained with blood. Some of the buttons found have evidently been upon the trousers of the deceased, while others have formed part of his shirt, the latter being of the kind usually covered with linen. We have mentioned the fact that the last homicide was committed in the district nearly a quarter of a century ago, and that the victim, an underlooker named Coulton, was employed at one of Earl Crawford's collieries. We have been informed by one of Barton's relatives that he (Barton) actually worked under Coulton, who was employed at the colliery where this sad crime has been committed. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1863, PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES IN 1862, Last year effected a considerable number of changes in the House of Commons, besides several introducing modi fications which are still pending. At Andover the Lord Mayor has succeeded Mr. H. B. Coles, deceased—at Can terbury, Mr. A. B. Jobnstone has succeeded the Hon. H. B. Johnstone, resigned—in Carlow county, Capt. Beresford has succeeded Capt. Banbury, retired—at Coleraine, Sir H, H. Bruce has succeeded Mr. J. Boyd, deceased—at Glou cester, the Hon. C. P. Berkeley and Mr. J. J. Powell have succeeded Mr. W. P. Price and Mr. C. J. Monk, whose election was declared void in 1859—at Great Grims by, Mr. J. Chapman has succeeded Lord Worsley, who be came a member of the Upper House in consequence of the death of his father—at Kidderminster, Col. Luke White has succeeded Mr. A. R. Bristow, retired—at Kirkcaldy, Mr. R. S. Aytoun has succeeded Col. Ferguson, deceased —at Lambeth, Mr. Doulton has succeeded Mr. W. Roupell, retired—at Leicester, Mr. P. A. Taylor has succeeded Mr. J. Biggs, retired—at Lincoln, Mr. J. B. Moore has suc ceeded Mr. G. F. Heneage, retired—at Longford Major O'Reilly has succeeded Colonel White, who failed to obtain re-election on appointment to office—in Montgomeryshire, Mr. C. W. W. Wynne has succeeded Colonel Wynne, deceased—at Oldham, Mr. J. T. Hibbert has succeeded Mr. W. J. Fox, retired—in Oxfordshire, Colonel Fane has succeeded Mr. G. G. Harcourt—at Pres ton, Sir T. Hesketh has succeeded Mr. R. A. Cross, retired —at Shrewsbury, Mr. IL Robertson has succeeded Mr. R. A- * Malley, deceased—at Shoreham, Sir P. Burrell has suc dedeceedasMear_.Bat. M . To G tn ili e e s, W M il r e - " ;- c m eed a ed Sir C, Burrell, deceased—at Southampton, the Lord J. L. Ricalee,e Stoke-upon-Trent , hal p deceased—at en d er has . e-upon-Trent, Mr. H. R Grenfell has succeeded Mr. succeeded Mr. T. • deceased—at Wakefield, Sir JC D. Hay has succeeded Mr. W. R C. Leathern, whose elec tion was declar e d vo i d in 1859 —at J. R. Mills has suc cee d ed Sir .-- at High Wycombe, Mr, H Ds ;r G and in the North Ridi ng of 'Yorkshiree , . T, . j d d ece ased a s m e d o — r ritt has succeeded Mr. E. S. C ayley, deceased. The fol - lowing seats are also now vacant :—East Rent, b the death of Mr. W. Deedes—Reigate, by th e elevation of the Hon. W. J. Monson to the Peerage—Totnes, by the death of the Earl of Gifford—and Cambridgeshire, by the retire ment of Mr. E. Ball. e— West AboA bo u of fy l d l voi Englandi'l b o y c o ' clock on ABANKF r iday night MANAGER M r. G Collins,Aß O T o T f E t D h . Bank, was accosted in High-stree t , Mer t hyr man, who said, "Where are you going ?" Mr. Collins re plied, " What is that to you 2" and before he had time to turn round he was knocked down. While he was thus prostrated the fellow took his watch and decamped. For tunately l‘tr. Collins had left his gold watch at the watch maker's a few days previous, and the watch he had on Fri day night was a common silver one. High-street is One Qf the chid thoroughfarvii of the town, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 6.—The yarn market was quiet in the early part of the day in consequence of the high prices demanded by spinners, but towards the close a better feeling manifested itself, and more business was effected at about the prices current last Tuesday. We seem to be quite recovered from the depression caused by the excess in the stock of cot ton at Liverpool. The market closes firm, with a decided tendency to higher rates. In cloth there is also an entire recovery from the check to business and prices caused by the return of stock at Liver pool, and sellers are firm at old prices. If there is a change it is towards higher prices, but buyers are acting cautiously, and the amount of business tran sacted has been very small. Still, those who are com pelled to execute orders through pressing wants, have been unable to get on sh )rt of very full rates. The belief is thatwe shall see higher prices. Man ufacturers are very willing to take orders for cloth to make, and some of them take them for almost the price of the yarns from which they will have to be made; but orders are difficult to obtain even at these prices. In the little business that has offered printing•cloths have been as much inquired for as anything. 'There has also been some inquiry from shippers to Alex andria for long-cloths suitable to that market, but, anxious as manufacturers are to start again, they have been unable to get prices sufficient to offer an inducement, except in some few cases. There is although the time very has a l r it r t i l v e e i d nci w ui h r e y n fo m r more business in this class of fabrics may be expected. India shirtings and other eastern goods are still much neglected, and there is nothing in the recent advices from Calcutta and Bombay to hold out much hope of an early im provement. Home trade houses are low in stocks, and an improved business, judging from the inquiry, would be possible in this quarter, but for the check given by high prices. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" The market has completely recovered from the slight depression which took place on the declaration of cotton in Liverpool, and manufac turers are again firm holders for the full prices of Tuesday last. Buyers, however, continne to act very cautiously, and, with the exception of certain qualities of printing-cloths, for which there is still a fair demand, there is very little business doing." NEWPORT (Monmouthshire), sth.—The iron trade continues tolerably active, and several large orders have recently come to hand. The trade generally is in a far better state than it was at the corre sponding period of last year. Prices remain about the same, but the current quotations are firm. The confidence evinced at the preliminary meeting of the Staffordshire ironmasters has had a favourable influence on this district. There is no material change to report in the coal trade. A good demand exists for house and gas coals. A large quantity of coke is now being sent from this district to Stafford shire, and in consequence increased employment is afforded at the collieries. Prices remain unal tered. ROCHDALE, &h.—There has not been quite so much business done in the markets to-day as was the average of the markets in December. Yet, con sidering that this was what is termed the last of the old markets, the business was quite as good as usual, and the tone of the trade was healthy. A moderate amount of plain and fancy flannels were bought at late prices. Manufacturers, owing to the high price of wools, are stiff in their demands, and are not eager to a ccept or d ers f o r future d e li very except at the highest current rates. Linseys and other Yorkshire goods keep in brisk demand, and at even better prices than of late. Wools are firm in price, but to-day's sales are not extensive. LEEDS, Gth.—The cloth market this morning has not been fully attended. The sales of coloured cloth which too place were confined to meltons and such like light and fancy fabrics. It was evident that the long continued demand for such goods is quite unabated. At present manufacturers are bringing little else to market. They find that as fast as they can produce them they are bought up, and as good prices are easily obtained they care not to trouble themselves much about novelties. These goods are taken almost altogether for purposes of export. An immense quantity of them in fancy colours are being made into shirts, and the Aus tralian houses are ready to take almost any quantity. For the European continent meltons are in considerable request. The portion bought by houses in the home trade is very slight indeed, but as these light woollens are ex pected shortly to become fashionable for ladies' dresses as a substitute for those fabrics which are now very dear, through the scarcity of cotton and the high price of wool, the probability is that when the shipping houses are supplied the exertions of the manufacturers will be taxed in the same line for some time to come. A remarkable feature of the woollen market at the present moment is the little that is doing in the way of provision for a legitimate spring trade. America and the Lancashire Distress. The following letter has been received at Man chester : "New York, Dec. 16, 1862. Gentlemen, —At a meeting of the citizens of New York, held in this month, a committee was ' appointed and denominated the ' International I Relief Committee,' for the purpose of collecting supplies of food and forwarding them to Liverpool, to be used for the relief of the suffering operatives of Lancashire and other parts of Great Britain. Copies of the appeal of that committee to the Ame rican people are herewith submitted for your perusal. In it you will find pointed out with suffi cient clearness the objects of the movem en t, an d the spirit in which they are sought to b e accomp li shed. Botb, we trust, will receive yo ur rea d y approval. "The contributions thus to be obtained are to be shipped freight free to the consignment of Messrs. Daniel James, of the firm of Phelps, James, and Co.; Stephen B. Guion, of the firm of Guion and Co. ; Benjamin F. Babcock, of the firm of Ben jamin F. Babcock and Co., Liverpool. These gen tlemen are constituted a committee to receive the shipments ; to procure, if possible, exemption from all the expenses of importation, and to deliver them to a committee of distribution well acquainted with the districts where the food is to be consumed, and with the wants of the poor operatives, and be able to direct the supplies to those accessible points where they will accomplish the most good. "We are advised by some of your numerous per sonal friends here that you not only possess those qualifications, but also that we shall find in you earnest advocates of the cause in which we are en gaged and willing co-operators therein. We there fore have chosen you as a committee of distribution, and solicit your acceptance of the office and assump• tion of its duties. You also have authority in your discretion to add to your number. " In the famine which desolated Ireland during the year 1847 the people of the United States con tributed largely to the relief of the sufferers, On that occasion the British Government bore all the expense of introducing the contributions into the country, and the food was given to the consumers without pecuniary loss or diminution. " The vessels also which were laden with these supplies and carried them freight free were exempted from port charges and expenses of every kind. We are informed the total amount thus added to that relief fund exceeded £40,000. This precedent, it is to be hoped, her Majesty's Ministers will now deem it expedient and just to follow. " We solicit the exertion of your influence in aid of the committee in Liverpool in their efforts to secure exemption from import duties, dock and town dues, railway freight, and all other charges on ves sets and cargo. We have taken Ihe liberty to assure them that you would render them all the service in your power with the Government, local authorities, railway companies, and any other body or individual having the control of inland transportation. "The s hi p G eorge Greswold is rece i v i ng cargo here as fa s t as c i rcumstances will permit, and will sail as soo n as she can be filled with contributions to the Reli e f F und. The ship Hope, partly freighted with contributions by the committee of the Produce Exchange of this city, is about sailing for Liverpool. This committee acts in harmony and concert with the in ternatiml Relief committee. The objects of the two are identical, and this wish is that the ship ments of both should flow in the same channel, and accomplish the same benevolent end.—We are, gen tlemen, very respectfully, your most obedient ser vant-, 46 JOHN C. GREEN, Chairman. " JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON, See. " To Messrs. Thos. Fielden, W. S. Stell, Manchester; Mr. Frank Crossley, Halifax, England." " CHALK YOUR BOBBINS." Every one knows that old Sir R. Peel, father of the late Prime Minister of England, and grandfather of the present baronet, made his money by the cotton spinning. In the early part of his career his business was not remarkably extensive, but suddenly he made a tremendous start, and soon distanced all his rivals. He grew immensely rich, as we all know, but we do not all know the lucky accident to which he was in debted for his enormous wealth. In the early days of the cotton spinning machinery a great deal of trouble used to be caused by filaments of cotton ad hering to the bobbins or tapes which then formed portions of looms. These filaments accumulating soon clogged the wheels and other parts of the ma chinery, and rendered it necessary that they should be cleaned, which involved frequent stoppages and much loss of time. The great desideratum was to find out some plan of preventing this clogging by the cotton, and Sir Robert, or Mr. Peel, as he was then, spent vast sums in experiments. He em ployed some of the ablest machinists in the king dom —among them James Watt—who suggested various corrections; but spite of all they could do, the inconvenience remained—the cotton would adhere to the bobbins, and the evil appeared to be insurmountable. Of course these delays seriously affected the wages of the operatives, who on Satur day generally came short in proportion to the stoppages during the previous days. It was noticed, however, that one man always drew his full pay, his work was always accomplished ; in fact, his loom never had to stop, while every other in the factory was idle. Mr. Peel was informed of this, and knew there must be a secret somewhere. It was important that it should be discovered if pos sible. The man was watched, but all to no pur pose ; his fellow-workmen tried to "pump" him, but they couldn't ; at last Mr. Peel sent for the man into his private office. He was a rough Lancashire man, unable to read or write—little better, indeed, than a mere animal. He entered the presence pulling his forelock and shuffling on the ground with his great clumsy wooden shoes. " Dick," said Mr. Peel, " Ferguson, the overlooker, tells me your bobbins are always clean ; is that so P'' " Ee's, master, 't be." "Well, Dick, how do you manage it ? have you any objection to let me know ?" " Why, Master Pill, 't be a saort of secret loike, ye see, and if oi told, t' others know 's moch as oi," replied Dick, with a cunning grin. "Of course, Dick, I'll give you something if you'll tell me—and if you can make all the looms in the fac tory work as smooth as yours." " Every one 'n them, Master Bill." " Well, what shall I give you ? Name your price, Dick, and let me have your secret." Dick grinned, scratched and shook his great head, and shuffled for a few minutes, while Mr. Peel anxi ously awaited his reply. The cotton lord thought his scrvant would probably ask £lOO or so, which he would most willingly have given him. Presently Dick said, " Well, Master Pill, I'll tell 'ee all about it, if you'll give me a quart o' beer a day, as long as I'm in the mills, you'll save that ten." Mr. Peel rather thought he should, and quickly agreed to the terms. " You shall have it, Dick, and a half gal lon every Sunday into the bargain." " Well, then," said Dick, first looking cautiously around to see that no one was near—" this it be," and putting his lips close to Mr. Peel's ear he whispered, " Chalk your bobbins !" That indeed was the great secret. Dick had been in the habit of furtively chalking his bobbins, which simple contrivance had effectually prevented the adhesion of the cotton. As the bob bins were white, the chalking escaped detection. 111 r. Peel was a sagacious man, and saw through the affair at a glance. He at once patented the in vention, had " chalking" machinery contrived, and soon took the lead in the cotton spinning depart ment. This was the foundation of his princely for tune. It is but right to add that he pensioned off Dick handsomely.—Scientifie American. MATRIMONY IN MADRAS. (From the Lahore Chronicle, Nov. 26.) The Madras limes ex plains the manner in which soldiers in the army of that Presidency select their brides :—" Our readers are aware that in two most excellent institutions, orphan girls of European and mixed descent are tended and trained up to become helpmates for our brave soldiers. Besides the indispensable ' three R's,' they are taught to sew, and to wash, and to bake, and cook, and that most rare of feminine accomplishments— how to nurse. There is always, we believe, a select stock of girls on hand qualified and willing to take on them vows of matrimony at the shortest notice. Suddenly the hour of proposal comes, and also the man. John Smith, a stalwart gunner, or Corporal Brown of the dragoons, obtains permission from his commanding officer to marry, and with testimonials of good conduct in his hand, he presents himself before the superintendent of the asylum, and inti mates his connubial purpose. The arrangements now adopted to pair off the gunner or dragoon are not quite the same as in days of yore. The mar riageable maidens are no longer trotted round the compound, or drawn up in line before the perplexed eyes of the husband elect. The process of inspection and selection is conducted with a little more of the privacy conventionally due to ante-nuptial negoti- I ations. Smith or Brown is seated in a room wit h the superintendent,who sends a summons for Martha. With a wise commercial reserve the superintendent keeps back the most tempting articles until an en deavour has first been made to get off the oldest and least saleable part of the stock. Martha very likely is a lank damsel, something like Kelly's monument of consumption, and unless the customer be not at all particular,' an objection is made—the reverse of the objection urged by Mantilini to the two coun tesses, ' who had no outlines at all :" Martha' has too much outline, is all outline in fact. The dra goon would like the outline better filled in, so Jane' obeys the next call, who is plump but squab. The military sense of correct dressing is offended by the idea of a wife who only reaches to the hips of her husband, so a desire is faintly murmured to see an other. A third appears who hits the juste milieu of proportions, and Smith smiles a gratified assent, communicating his t►pproval to the superintendent in the unromantic phrase, that one will do." That one' is next consulted, who seldom, if ever, has any objection to offer. The approved maiden whispers consent, and the bargain is ratified on the spot, not in the customary pleasant manner—for amorous blandishments the superintendent could on no ac count permit—but possibly by Smith offering his extemporary fiancee a rupee' to get summit to please herself.' The only other form necessary is to obtain the sanction of the directors and to publish the banns." We understand that the same system pre vailed at Kidderpore lower asylum, with this dif ference that the candidate for matrimony being seated by the side of the matron, the young ladies came into the room singly at one door, and unless then and there chosen by the wife-hunter, they immediately retired by the opposite door, and once out of the room, it was contrary to rule to call any lady back on the plea that she was preferred to those who followed. The old story of picking up a crooked stick in the forest will occur to the intelli gent reader as coi.veying the same moral. MILDNESS OF THE WEATHER.—A correspondent writes that a red admiral butterfly (vanessa atalanta) was seen sporting about in the neighbourhood of Staines on Christmas-day last. The fact of a butterfly basking in a Christmas sun is unprecedented. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Severe Pains.—Squally and rainy weather gives rise to very painful attacks in the muscles and joints, which may be quickly removed by warm foinentati(;ns and brisk fric tion with this soothing Ointment. When well rubbed upon the affected parts it is forced through the skin and exerts its cooling and soothing properties upon the inflamed and irritated muscles and nerves. Holloway's Pills should be taken at the same time ; they greatly assist, by assuag ing all fever and cas ti ng out all impurities engendered and nurtured by disea se . S ufferers from gout, rheumatism, tic doloreux, muscular aches, and nervous pains may rely upon the abo ve treatment, and may with confidence fol low the inetructi9n e f o ld ed roun d ever y packet ofthe roaming, MR. GLADSTONE AT HAWARDEN. On Monday evening the Chancellor of the Ex chequer lectured to a large audience in the Boys National Schoolroom, Hawarden, near Chester, in aid of the funds of the Literary and Scientific In stitution of the village. The subject chosen by the right honourable gentleman was a tour which he made in Sicily in 1838. Speaking of the cholera which had ravaged the country shortly before his visit, Mr. Gladstone said the people were possessed with the feeling that the cholera had been intro duced by Government. He made this note on the subject at the time:—" The people are persuaded that the King procured the cholera to come among them, and that it was not sent by God." They began to murder persons of the upper classes. The cholera ceased ; they believed the King did this to check the revolutionary spirit and to thin the people. They also believed that the Cardinal Archbishop received the cholera in'a pinch of snuff from one of the King's generals, and that the reason why the disease was given to him was that he had refused to have anything to do with the introduction of cholera into the island. That was a very ludi crous but at the same time a very melan choly fact, for it was impozsible to conceive any thing more illustrative of the unhappy and radi cally bad system under which the people of Sicily lived at that period, than that such a belief should exist among the people of the island. Sicily was a country of very great interest, and he had the more pleasure in taking it for the subject of his narrative because it was a country that he hoped was about to see brighter destinies open upon it. (Applause.) He had mentioned what the people thought of their government at the period of his visit. The feeling which he had described and endeavoured to illustrate received a very strong political illustration about three or four years ago. When General Garibaldi landed with a handful of men in Sicily, the population joined him, and he was ably aided by that population and the few men whom he brought with him to make head against and overcome from 20,000 to 30,000 regular troops. A constitutional government was established; Ga ribaldi went on to the continental part of the king dom, and became master of Naples. Last year General Garibaldi, borne along by the impulse of a generous but not sufficiently reflective enthusiasm, landed in Sicily again. It was the same man, with the same purpose—wishing to raise the island for the purpose of accomplishing Italian freedom. But mark the difference. The people had confidence in the Government. They would not join him. He was obliged to get into a ship to go over to Italy without an army, and very shortly afterwards he was made captive, and, unhappily, wounded. He is now, as we hope, recovering, and not likely again to tempt the people of Sicily, who have, however, shown how exceedingly beneficially they have been acted upon by the substitution of a good system of government for a bad one. (Applause.) A vote of thanks to the right hon. gentleman, and to Sir Stephen Glynne, for presiding, con cluded the proceedings. THE NEW BARONETS. A substantial addition is about being made to the ranks of the baronetage. We understand that in the course of a few days an official notifica tion will be made that her Majesty has conferred this distinction upon six gentlemen. They are— Mr. William Brown, of Liverpool ; Mr. Frank Crossley, of Halifax, M.P. for the West Riding Mr. David Baxter, of Dundee; Sir Daniel Cooper,' the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales; Mr. Henry Rich, for many years a consistent supporter of Liberal principles in the House of Commons ; and Mr. Thomas Davies Lloyd of Bronwydd, a Welsh gentleman of ancient lineage, well known and popular throughout the Principality. All these gentlemen will be recog nised as fit recipients of the honour, however varied may be their claims. In each of their persons a compliment is paid to some interest occupying a claim in public esteem. Ancient hereditary tradi tions, identification with the commercial and con stitutional growth of those colonies that are fast rising into the dimensions and importance of new kingdoms, and long and faithful political services to the Liberal cause in its least prosperous days, each receive a tribute. But it is in the case of the two gentlemen we have first named that the public ratification of the official act will be the most cor dial and sincere. The Fountain of Honour has sel dom more completely expressed the feelings of the community than by the bestowal of a permanent mark of distinction upon men like Mr. Wm. Brown and Mr. Frank Crossley. Both have by magnifi cent gifts to the people created for themselves in their respective localities monuments as enduring as any hereditary dignity the Crown can confer-- monuments which must last, to the public advan tage and their own honour, as long as the:landmarks of the country. Both typify a perseverance and enterprise founded on probity, resulting in splendid success, and furnishing a noble example to young Englishmen in industrial life, while in the pattern they hold out by the manner in which they use their wealth for the benefit of those who have con tributed to its great proportions, may almost be considered a theme for national pride. No conven tional prefix will add to the veneration with which the name cl William Brown is regarded where his worth and discriminating munificence are house hold words, nor increase the respect that Frank Crossley has gathered round him among the com munity upon which he has bestowed such princely benefits. But it is not inappropriate that a formal mark of distinction should follow the honours the public voice has already conferred, and that the Sovereign should conspicuously recognise careers so largely devoted to the interests and welfare o" the people. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the _Registrar Genera's Report.) The deaths in London registered in the week that ended last Saturday exhibit an increase on the re. turns of three previous weeks. The number was 1553. The average number of deaths derived from the returns of the first week of the year in 10 years 1853 62 becomes, with a correction for increase of population, 1454. It appears from this statement that almost a hundred persons died in the week above the number that would have been recorded if the average rate of mortality had ruled. The deaths caused by small-pox rose last week to 35, and the disease shows a decided tendeacy to increase. It is now four times as fatal as it was in October. Measles was fatal in 69 cases ; scarlatina in 73. Measles caused 6 deaths in the sub-district of Kensington-town, 4in Belgrave. Scarlatina caused 5 in St. Mary, Paddington, 6 in Kennington. The deaths referred to phthisis (consumption) were numerous; they rose to 169. The mortality from bronchitis was also rather heavier. This com plaint had declined when the cold weather of No vember was followed by a season of unusual mild ness ; but the deaths from it rose last week to 188. There was no increase, but rather a decrease, in pneumonia. The daughter of a bricklayer's labourer, aged one year, died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to which she had been brought from 3, Mason's -buildings, Goswell-street, of " destitution," according to medi cal certificate. Five nonagenarians died in the week. The two oldest were a man and a woman, aged severally 94 years. Last week the births of 1,099 boys and 1,047 girls, in all 2,146 children, were registered in Lon don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,918. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.607 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 30.14 in. at the beginning of the week to 29 . 31 in. on December 29th, and, with one exception, was below 30in. during the remaining days of the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 43.8 deg., which is 6.9 deg, above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The lowest night temperature was 33.5 deg, on Wednesday. The highest day temperature was 52.3 deg. on Thursday. The range of the week was therefore 18.8 deg. The menu doily rouge was 8.3 deg. The difference bet ween the mean dew point temperature and the a temperature was 3.2 deg. The mean degree off` humidity of the air whs 89, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the south-west until Tuesday afternoon, when it rthanged to north-west, returning, however, to south-west on the following morning, and remaining in tha.,t quarter during the rest of the week. On Thurseay it blew with a pressure which reached a maxinium of 151 b. to the square foot, and on the following day the greatest pressure was 141 b.; on the next du (Saturday) it was calm. Rain fell on Monday, Tuesday, and Fri day ; the amount during the week measured 0 57 in. The mean of the highest temperature of the Thames was 47'3 deg.; that of the lowest 41.3 deg. LONDON GAZE T TE---Yesterday. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 5. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Joseph Magill as Consul at Belfast, and of Mr. P. S. Minich, as Vice-Consul at Queenstown, for the Republic of Haiti. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Temple, Esq., to be master of the Supreme Court of the Island of Mauritius. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 6. 26th Regiment of Foot—Major-General George Henry Mackinnon, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir Philip Bainbrigge, K.C.8., deceased. ADMIRALTY, DEc. 29, 1862. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant and Adjutant John Maitland Lennox to be Captain, vice E. T. T. Jones, deceased; Second Lieutenant John Alfred Sweny to be First Lieutenant, vice Lennox, promoted ; Second Lieutenant William Menzies to be First Lieutenant, vice Sadleir, dismissed. DECEMBER 31. First Lieutenaza Nowell Fitz Upton Way to be Adjutant, vice Lennox. BA.NKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Redman, builder, Whitby BANKRUPTS. William Clarke, shoemaker, Williams-terrace, Victoria park. Edward H. P. Firminger, commercial agent, Brighton Mark Bateman, hay dealer, Hanham, Gloucestershire Joseph Green, factor, Sheffield Edward Scales, publican, Dalston, Middlesex John Ham, butcher, Redruth, Cornwall Christopher Edmondson, skirt manufacturer, Bradford Richard John Tonge, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull Thomas Hack, gardener, Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire William Gorvett, farmer, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Gla morganshire Richard Jones, farmer, LlanNaniefab, Anglesey Alfred Peel, tea dealer, Dewsbury Nicholls and Son, builders, Retiruth, Cornwall Benjamin R. Sheppard, innkeeper, Frome Selwood Benjamin Buck, cap manufacturer, Kingston-upon .Hull Oliver Penfold, chemist, Blackmore-street, Drury-lane Charles Thomas Board and John Irving, feather merch ants, Worship -street John Toulon, printer, Canonbury-lacte, Islington George Frederick Mare, civil engineer, Piccadilly SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Duncan Gordon, farmer, Bogbain, Inverness-shire James M Thee, ship owner, Saltcoats James Donaldson, plumber, Crieff George Sheriff, farmer, Peebles Course of the Exchange---Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 164 11 17 Antwerp — 25 37t 25 421 Brussels — 25 371 25 42i Hamburgh — 13 6} 13 7 Paris .. Short. 25 12t 25 221 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 118 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin 11 60 if 70 35 351 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palertuo Messina Lisbon Oporto 25 52/ 25 60 25 52/ 25 571 25 52/ 25 571 25 57t 25 65 25 60 25 65 25 60 25 65 521 52i 521. 53 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 171 9 Mexican Dollars Q 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. ~~.._._. LEEDS-TUESDAY. To-day at our market the trade continues to strengthen. The best samples of wheat brought about is per qr advance on this day week, with signs of a further improvement. Fine barleys at fully late prices. Oats, beans, and other articles unaltered. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, with a good consumptive business in both wheat and flour, at late rates. Oatmeal sold at 6 , 1 more money. ludiau corn firm, and in demand. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 49s to 525; red, 42s to 49s per 36 stone• Barley at 35s to 39s per qr., grinding 30s to 33s per 30 st. Oats, 2.5 s to 28s; new, 22s to 24s per 24 st. ; beans, 36s to 43s per qr. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...2os Od to 21s 0 3 White If I ...228 Od to 23s Od , New red ...16s Od to 18s Od New white „ lf ...20s Od to 21s Od 7) Beans lf ...16s Od to 18s 6d Peas, per qr 56s Od to 60s Od Grinding barley, per qr 2 Bs Od t o 32 s Oil Malting ditto, „ 33s Od to 38s Od Oats 71 21s Od to 30s Od _ _ _ Is 9d to 2s ld per stone. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat! 50s Od to 54s Od ; new red, 47s Od to 52s per 3G stone p. f beans, 45s for o ld ; new sorts, 34s to 38s per 38 st . barley, 37s to 41s for malting, and 28s to 32s per qr. for grinding; oats, 22s to 32s Od per 24 stone. DUBL: I-JAN. 6. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 26 0 to 28 6 Do., red 23 0 to 26 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black lO 0 to 12 0 s. d. s. d' Beans.. B ere Rapeseed 0 to 0 Oatmeal l3 6 to 15 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan, 18. Marseilles Jan. 12 Lirazil and Cape Verds, byvia British packet. F e b. 3,. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 18. Falkland Islands via Marseilles ...Jan. 12. Feb. 3. Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18. ay) via Marseilles J an . 12. India (Bomb, via Southampton Jan 10. , via Marseilles Jan. 20. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 10. Newfoundland via Marseilles J an , 12. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Jan. 1 5 . by U.S. packet.... b Cana W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and T y eneriffe dian packet. Jan. 8. Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New Yo r k' Jan. 16. Mexico.. "Jan. 28. All parts of West Indi es , i nc l u di ng C hili, California, and British C o l um bi a.. Peril ' j Jan. 13. The Hon. C. C, Bravo, of St. Ann's, being desirous of encouraging the cultivation of Cotton in this island, has offered the following prizes to the growers of the articles in the parish of St. Ann's, in the year 1863 : "For the largest quantity of cotton grown by one indivi dual, exceeding 50 bales of an average weight of 4001bs. clean cotton per bale, £100; for the two next largest quan tities exceeding 20 bales, same weight, £2O each.”—lamaica Guardian Births. ASTELL.—On the 3d inst., at Woodbury Hall, Cambridge' shire, the wife of John Harvey Astell, Esq., M.P., of a son. ROWLEY.—On the sth inst., at 2, Seamore•place, Mayfair, the Hon. Mrs. Hercules Longford Rowley, of a daugh ter. TOWNSEND.—On the 6th inst., at 85, Canabridge.street, Eccleston-square, the wifa of Sydney F. A. Townsend, Esq., of a son. Marriages. DRABBLE--HARRISON-011 the 6th inst., at St. Stephen% Westbourne-park, James Drabble, Esq., of GraftonburYt near Hereford, to Mary Ann, fourth daughter of George B. Harrison, Esq., of Westbourne-park. LYONS—YouNG.--en the 6th inst., at Trinity Church, Paddington, Major daughter Lyons, ll.M.'s 20th Regt., to Helen, youngest of George Young, E sq ., of Apley Towers, Isle of Wight. Deaths. BLACRBURNE.—On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Lady Black" burne, aged 81. COOPE.—On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Geo. Coope, Esq., aged 38. DANCE —On the sth inst., at Lowestoft, Charles Dance, Esq., aged 99. DALE.—O n the 3d last ,at Stratford-green, John C. Dale, Esq., aged 41. EWER —On the sth inst., at 8, Portland-place, Walter Ewer, Esq., F.R.S., aged 75. Horsy.—On the sth inst., James 1 - loby, Esq., at 2, Col ville-road, Kensington-park, aged 75. KNox.—On the 6th inst., George Knox, Esq., of No, 201, Adelaide-road, N.W , aged 85. M'ANALLY.—On the 2d inst., at Market-hill, co. Armagh, Charles M'Anally, Esq., age d 72. London : Printed and Published by WILLIA3I ANDREWS , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SuN Office, N ° ' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the covutY of 4471111417 7, 304 t~ 811 sh( Tv Tv Sp( col eas hoe