The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-16 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, April 14.--Advices from India were to hand yesterday, including telegrams from Bo;nbay to the 28th and from Calcutta to the 27th of March. At Bombay there was an active market, and shirtings had advanced since the 17th of March ls. per piece. Yarns had also advanced. At Cal- cutta the sales had been large, and 71b. and 811 b. shirtings had advanced ls. per piece. Bannermill 40's twist had advanced lid. per lb. These advances were since the 16th of March. The letters from Cal cutta are to the 9ch of March, and are not only en couraging, but give reason t 6 expect the improve ments of later date to hand by telegraph. In our last report of the Manchester market we stated that there was a probability of an improvement here to day, and the anticipation proves to be correct ; but it has not been so decided in respect to cloth as in yarns. In yarns there has been a very consider able business, chiefly for India. The home trade have also been buyers, and the Germans to some extent, Where lots at suitable prices have been avail able. There has also been a good deal of inquiry for yarns suitable for the China trade, and some few sales are reported for that market. The market closes very strong, at an advance of about d, per lb. upon most kinds of yarn, with a decided upward tendency. In addition to the advices above referred to, there is a report current of a later private tele gram from Calcutta to the 30th of March, reporting a further advance on both cloth and yarn, with an active market. In the Manchester cloth-market business has been done in shirtings and longcloths at an advance of 3d. per piece on the rates of last week, and there has been some little excitement ; but the amount of business has rather disappointed the expectations of manufacturers, who had cal culated both on higher rates and more business than they have found to be practicable. Oae cause of a more limited business in cloths than had been anticipated is that yarns are too high, and this has stood in the way of producers, who find it impossible, with such rates, to take contracts within the limits offered by buyers of cloth. Printing cloth is not so much in demand, and the business to-day has been mostly limited to pur chases of fabrics suitable to the markets of India. Cloths such as are made for other markets are rather firmer in price, owing to the activity for the East, but wherever the sellers of such fabrics are tempted to ask any advance it checks business. To some extent this is the case in yarns as well as in cloths. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" The market continued very quiet to the close of the week, Without any change in prices. Yesterday and to-day there has been more inquiry, owing to the improved accounts to hand by telegraph from Bombay and Calcutta; but there has not been so much business done as was expected, buyers being very reluctant to give the advanced prices generally asked." LEEDS, April 1 4.—There is no change in the state of the woollen cloth trade noticeable this morning. There was but a moderate attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls, and purchases were greatly confined to small parcels of light goods. Good diagonals still seal well, and they are scarce. The manufacturers throughout the district keep in fair employ, yet withal stocks are slightly on the in crease, the spring trade hitherto having proved less brisk than had been anticipated. There is no quo table change in prices either of wool or goods. NOTTINGHAM, April 14.—At this Exchange-hall to-day there was a quiet feeling in the demand for lace yarns, but holders were disinclined to transact business except at fully Friday's rates. For hosiery yarns extreme prices were asked, but only a limited number of orders were placed. Spun silk was quite as dear ; other kinds maintained their value. Brown nets were still in limited request, and prices are yet unremunerative in proportion to the value of the ' raw material. ROCHDALE, April 13.—The flannel trade is active considering the season. There was a fair attend ance of buyers in the market to-day, and they were disposed to operate pretty freely if manufacturers would have made any concession in prices, but they adhere firmly to late rates, alleging that neither the cost of wool nor the wages paid to the operatives will allow of reductions being made. The prospects of the trade are held to be satisfactory for both the home and the foreign trade. Yorkshire goods, ex cept " scourers," sell slowly, the season of the year rendering them too warm for wear. Wools re main steady in price, but manufacturers are cautious buyers. DUNDEE, April 14.—The better qualities of flax have been in good request since last market day, and prices are quite as firm as before. To-day a number of sales are reported, chiefly of Riga and Konigsberg marks, and the market closed steady, if not strong. At Memel all the flax offering is re ported to have been bought up. Prices have given way a little at Riga, and now there are no buyers at 46 roubles for K. The dealers at St. Petersburg are firm in their demands, and no business is doing. Considerable sales have been made at Archangel, at full prices. Although fine jute is steady, the large quantity to be put up to auction in London to morrow has stopped business here to-day, and few sales are reported. Yarns have met a fair demand, especially for early delivery, at last week's rates. The American advices received to-day reports a quiet market at nominal prices, owing to the con tinued violent fluJtuations in the exchange. The West India letters, also delivered to-day, are not so encouraging as before, it being difficult to make sales at the advance necessary to meet the rise on this side. Nothwithstanding these advices, there is no change in the demand either for coarse or fine goods to-day, a moderate amount of orders having been given out. LEICESTER, April 15.—There is very little alte ration in the hosiery trade; some departments are dull, and the market generally is far from b e i ng active. At Loughborough and Hinckley business is depressed, and the workpeople are suffering. Yarns continue firm, at high prices. There are no stocks of hosiery on hand. In wools there is not much doing, and prices remain without material change. The Fatal Prize Fight at Hackney Marshes. Yesterday morning Mr. John Humphreys, Mid dlesex coroner, resumed at the London Hospital the inquiry respecting the death of Samuel Riyett, aged 24 years, who was killed recently by a m an named Howlett in a prize fight in the Hackney Marshes. The court was crowded. Mr. Horry appeared on behalf of Samuel How lett ; Mr. Watson represented the deceased's friends ; and Mr. St. Aubyn watched the case on behalf of William and James Hammond, who were alleged to have held the stakes for the encounter. Howlett wa s brought up in charge of Inspector Kerressey under a warrant from the Secretary of State. One of the fresh witness es exam i ned was John 011ey, si g n alman on th e G rea t E as t ern Railway, who said that o n the morning of the fi ght he was on the line, and he sa w t h ere was a fight in a field. He went to it, and found a man acting as second to Howlett. Deceased was a much smaller man than the other. At the last round deceased was knocked down by a blow. He alone fell. The deceased was not sensible when he fought t h e last round but one. Hi s secon d picked him up from the grass, put him on his feet, and Howlett imme diately rushed in and knocked him down again. Time was not called. Witness did not hear the second say, " The -- can fight still." Deceased was not in a condition to fight the last two roun ds. When knocked d own i n th e l ast roun d h e remained on the ground for seven or eight minutes. The other second witness beli eve d h e h a d seen at a fight in the same field before. The umpire wore a round hat and a rough coat. The Coroner said that ho was afraid another ad journment would be necessary. By giving time to the police, there might possibly be a chance of obtaining the presence of th e seconds, who had hitherto avoided arrest. The jury, after some consultation, agreed to a further adjournment. 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Sir George Grey, G.C.8., M.P , her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, &c. :- 1 " General Register-office, S, merset•house, March 28, 1863. " Sir,— I have the honour to submit to you my annual report for the year 1861. " The progress of population in England in the last qaarter of a century may be stated roundly and in such a manner that it may be remembered without difficulty. Each quinquennial period added a million or a little more to the I account. In 1836-40 the population was rising through its sixteenth million; in 1841-45 through its seventeenth; in 1846-50 through its eighteenth; in 1851-55 through its nineteenth ; and in 1856-60 through its twentieth million. In the middle of 1861 it is estimated to have reached 20,119,496. The English registration now Comprehends within its scope a population greater by the present popula tions of London and the three .Ridings of Yorkshire com bined than it was when the national system was established in 1837. " In 1861 the marriages were less numerous than they had been in either of the two previous years ; the births were morn numerous than they had ever been in England ; and, though the year was healthy, the deaths were more nume rous than they had been in 1860, which was still healthier. "In 1861 there were enrolled of persons who married 82,000 more than had been registered in 1841, 20 years be fore.; 91,000 died more than in 1841; and 184,000 children were born more than in the same year. The aggregate num ber of names entered in 1861, as of persons who had mar ried, who had been born, or who had died, is 1,458,932. " On an average of 24 years 1,639 persons were married, 3,318 children were born, and 2,229 persons died to ICO,OOO of the population; but in 1861 the respective numbers were 1,628, 3,461, and 2,163. Marriages were rather below the standard mark of activity. The birth-rate was high. The death-rate was below the average. " The excess of births over deaths in the year was 261,292. The conjunction of a high birth rate with a low death-rate caused that access to be greater than the usual amount, which in the present stage of the population may be stated as nearly 245,000. About 30,000 English emigrants left their country for foreign and colonial settlements in 1861. " MARRIAGES. "The number of marriages in the year was 163,706, The proportion to the population was 814 per cent. ; or in every hundred persons 1 . 628 were married (the average being 1.639). The marriage -rate has been accelerated since 1849 ; for in the 12 years 1850-61 it has been in a majority of cases 1.7 per cent., and not in any year below 1.6 per ceat.; whereas in the 12 years 1833-49 it was in a majority of years under 1.6 per cmt., and only in two instances 1.7 per cent. The prosperity of the people during the later period found its natural expression in the increased frequency of marriages. " Out of the total number of 163,706 marriages, 130,697 were solemnised according to the rites of the Established Church. Of the latter number 102,955 were after publica tion of banns ; 20.090 by licence ; 40,048 by superintendent registrar's certificate; 16 by special licence. This state ment, however, does not represent the real numbers with perfect accuracy, as 3,588 marriages were not distinguished in the registers in respect to these particulars, It will not be far from the truth to state that for one person who is married after licence five are married after bums. " The number of marriages performed otherwise than agreeably to the forms of the Established Church was 33,000. Roman Catholic marriages were 7,782; those in the regis tered chapels of other religious denominations 12,182, those of Jews 262, of Quakers 58, whila marriages contracted in superintendent registrars' offices were 11,725. In 1851 the marriages in the Established Church were about 131.,000; in 1861 they were nearly the same number. In 1851 those not performed in the Established Church were about 23,000 ; in 1861 they were 33,000. It appears from these figures that an increase of 9,000 which the total marriages in 1861 exhi bited as compared with those in 1851, was appropriated by persons who married according to other rites than those of the Established Church. " In 1861 there were in England and Wales 4,564 build ings belonging to Roman Catholics and Dissenting denomi nations, and registered for the solemnisation of marriages. A third part of that number belonged to Incependents, 1,000 to Baptists, 895 to Wesleyan Methodists, 551 to Roman Catholics, 193 to Calvinistic Methodists, 152 to Unitarians, 137 to Scottish Presbyterians, 141 to various other bodies who have not yet acquired numerical importance. " Although the eleventh division (Monmouthshire and Wales) does not contain half the population of London, there are 710 religious buildings registered for marriages in that division, while in London there are but 309. Cheshire and Lancashire have little more than the population of Lon don, but the registered buildings in those counties are twice as numerous as those of the metropolis. " Re •marriages—There were more than twice as many marriages betweenwidowers and spinsters as between bache lors and widows--the respective numbers were 15,067 and 7,034. Widows were married in greater number by widow. ers than they were by bachelors. " In 100 men who married the proportion of widowers was 14 ; in 100 women who married the proportion Of widows was 0. " The marriages of widowers bore the highest proportion in Spmersetshire, where they were 16'8 per cent. of the total number. The smallest proportion was in Hereford shire, where it, was 9'62. In the latter county the number of widows who obtained husbands was almost as great as that of widowez s who got wives, though on the average of England the number of widows marrying is only two-thirds of that of the widowers who marry. After a destructive war, or in districts where men are engaged in unhealthy occupations, there will be few widowers, but many widows; and the alliances which they respectively contract will also be few and many. " For one widower who marries a widow there are nearly two who marry spinsters. "Minors—Of persons who married under 11 years of age there were thrice as many men as women; the exact num bers were 31,927 and 10,415. In 100 males who married 6.36 were not of full age; in 100 women 19'50 had not at tained the age of 21 years. In Buckinghamshire, Hunting donshire, Staffordshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and Durham more than a fourth part of the women who mar ried encountered the duties and responsibilities of the mar ried state while they were still under age. Of young men marrying before their majority the largest proportion was in Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire, and Bedfordshire. Life in London appears to discourage and repress early alliances, for the proportions were only 3.48 for males and and 13.51 for females. The expensiveness of house accom modation is, no doubt, one important restraining influence in the metropolis. " Signatures of Persons Marrying—Of marriages in which neither man nor woman can write his or her own name there were 26,333 in 1861, The total number of men who signed the marriage register with marks was 40,204, that of women 56,770. But the schoolmaster is abroad over Eng land ; and, though the absolute number of persons who sign with marks is not reduced within the last 20 years, it has been prevented from increasing with the number of the marriages, In 1861 the marriages were more by 41,000 than they were in 1841; but the men who signed with marks were hardly more in 1861 than they were in that earlier year, and the women were rather less. The mark signatures fell from 41 per cent. of the marriages in 1841 to 30 per cent. in 1861. " Of 100 men and 100 women who married 75 of the for mer and 65 of the latter wrote their names in the registers. In an educational comparison, based on the mark-test, there is no English county which stands so well as London —and this superiority holds both with men and women, though only in a small degree with the latter. The propor. tions of persons in London educated so as to be able to write their names are 89 and 82 in 100 of those who marry. " The greater amount of ignorance in the military art of writing is found in the following counties, where the pro portion of marrying men able to write fell below 70 per cent. ! Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Huntingdon.. shire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, Nor folk, Wiltshire, Cornwall, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Manmouthsire, North and South Wales. In the Welsh division, which includes Monmouthshire, the proportion ranged so low as 60 and 6.5, llampshire, Devon shire, Entlandshire, and still more the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, may be mentioned among the better edu cated parts. Generally the men in the northern counties, have received more education than those in the southern. " It is deserving of notice that, by the marriage-signa ture test, the women in Sussex, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and a few other counties, are better educated than the men ; but in the northern portions of the kingdom this anomaly is not observed ; and it is a ve r y grave fact they that a women in North gales.menarenotbetter educated in Lama. shn than " BIRTHS. " In 1861 the births of 696,406 children were registered ; 355,972 were boys, and 340,434 were girls. These numbers are exclusive of the still-born, who are not required to be registered. The birth-rate was 3'461 per. cent. of the popu lation, or one birth to 29 persons living. It was higher than the mean rate, which ie 3.318, or one to 30. Tho highest that has been obtained since the Registration Act came into operation was 3.504, in 1859. " Sex—Males were born to females in the proportion of 104'6 to 100. In Northumberland the proportion of male births was as high as 108, in Rutlandshire nearly as high as 100. Somersetshire presented the only exception to the rule ; in that county the boys were in the proportion to girls of only 99 9 to 100. " Seasons—lt invariably happens that births are more numerous in the first six months of the year than in the last six months. If 1,000 be taken to represent the average number of births in each quarter then the proportional numbers in 1861 will run in the March, June, September, and December quarters, as follows :-1,007, 1,064, 980, and 949. , "Children Born out of NV edlock—The number of illegi timate births was 44,157, of which 22,728 were births of males, 21,429 those of females. Of every 100 births in wed lock and out of wedlock 6.3 belonged to the latter category. In London the proportion of the illegitimate was only 4 , 1 per cent. ; in Norfolk it was 10.3 ; in Westmoreland (a well educated county, where men and women can write their names), it was 10'6; in Cumberland, 11.2. In Monmouth shire and Wales, where education is low, illegitimacy is not high, the proportion of children born, out of wedlock to 'the total births being 6 or 7 per cent. " Among illegitimate children the proportion of males born to females is higher than it is among the legitimate. " It has been shown that the birth rate of England (with out reference to the distinction of legitimacy) was 3.46 in 1861. Bat the rates in the several counties exhibited con siderable variety. Among the least prolific populations were those of Surrey (the extra-metropolitan part of it is here referred to), and Sussex, where the rate was 3.0 ; and though in Kent (extra-metropolitan) it was 3.30, it is found that the birth rate was low in the districts adjoining the metropolis, which most readily absorbs within its vortex the men and women of marrying age who live near the edge, and who otherwise would form connexions at their homes. But the lowest example of birth-rate was found in North Wales, where it was 2'953, The highest were in Warwick shire, 3.69; in Lancashire, 3.77 ; in the West Riding, 3 . 71; and in Staffordshire and Durham the birth-rates rose to 4.02 and 4.03. "DEATHS. "The deaths of males were 222,281; those of females were 212,833—the total, 435,114. The death-rate was 2 . 163 per cent. The mean rate of 1852-61 is 2.221. "England was generally healthy. The mortality was below the average in all the counties, with the exception of those that follow : —Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Shropshire, East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumber land, and North Wales. " Sexes—Males died at the rate of 2.268 per cent. of the male population. Females diet at the lower rate of 2063 per cent. of the female population. It equal numbers living of the sexes are taken the deaths of males were in propel tion to those of females as 110 is to 100. But in the population as actually constituted the females have a great preponder ance, and the deaths of males were 104 to 100. " Seasons—The mortality was below the average in each quarter, but the spring quarter was comparatively the healthiest. "GEORGE GRAHAM, Registrar-General." Further Examination of the Rev. Thomas Wycherley. At the Lambeth Police Court yesterday, the Rev. Thomas Wycherley, late minister of a Baptist chapel, at Clapham-rise, and who has been in custody for a week on a charge of receiving £25 in bank notes, wed knowing them to have been stolen, was brought up on remand and again placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for further examination. The court was much crowded during the lengthened examination, and the proceedings partook of additional interest by the fact of the young woman, Mary Ann Newton, being brought from Wandsworth Prison, on the Secretary of State's order, to give evidence against the prisoner. Mr. Chipper&ld appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Neale for the defence, When the prisoner was placed at the bar the young woman Newton was brought into the court in the custody of one of the warders belonging to the Wandsworth House of Correction. The Witness commenced her evidence by saying that she was a married woman, the wife of James Newton, a soldier at present serving in India, and that she was at present a prisoner in the House of Correction, Wandsworth, under going a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment for robbing her mistress, Mrs. Levy, of Stockwell, with whom she had lived as servant for four years and three months. In her examination, by Mr. Chipperfield, she said she knew the prisoner from the first time of her attending the Baptist Chapel in Clapham-rise, of which he was the minister, and which was about six months before she left the house of her mistress, and he (the prisoner) was quite aware of the fact that she was a married woman. He used to come to the house of her mistress to officiate as a minister. Chipperfield—He used to visit you at the house of your mistress ? Witness—Yes; he visited me as my pastor, but the first time he came was by mistress's consent, and I intro duced him to mistress. That was two or three Sundays after he came to the chapel, and the only refreshments he had on that occasion was his tea. He had refreshments at other times, but these I paid for out of my own pocket, and were not the property of mistress. The first property I took belonging to mistress were two chains and three rings, and these I pawned. The next things were the notes. I do not know how many there were, or what they were. Some I changed ; I think three. One was at Hunt's the linendraper's, one at Limes', and another at Clement's; and the prisoner had one to change for me, and brought back the change, Some of the notes I threw away. Mr. Elliott—What do you mean by saying you threw away the bank notes ? You know you are sworn to tell the truth and the whole truth, and you had better do so. You have stated that the prisoner had one of the notes to change for you, and that he brought you back the change ; had he any portion of that change for himself ? Witness—No, sir, he had not any of it. Not two pounds of it ?—No, sir, not any part of it. What was said by the prisoner when you gave him the tiote 2—He said he would get change, and he did. You have told Morton, the officer, that the prisoner had half of the notes you had stolen, which would be half the £so—l did not say so ; what I said was that he had part of the notes. Morton, the officer, was here re-called and swore posi tively that after the commitment of the witness for trial, she said to him " I now know my fate. Wycherley had half the notes. It was him I meant when I said I did not wish to bring others into trouble." Mr. Elliott—You have heard what the officer has stated : what have you got to say to it ? Witness—That I did not tell him any such thing. I only said he had part of the notes. Morton—You said half the notes. Mr. Morton—Where was the prisoner when you gave him the note to change ? Witness—l gave it him at mistress's gate, and asked him to get change of it for me. He got change for me the same evening, and I paid him £2 out of it, which I had borrowed from him four or five months before. Why it is only this moment you told me and repeated the assertion on oath, that the prisoner had not £2 or any part of the change, but gave you the whole £5 ; what do you mean by swearing in so reckless a manner ?—Well, I did pay him £2 I borrowed •f him. You only account for four of the notes ; I now ask you what you have done with the other four ?—The notes were in a roll when I took them, and I am sure I did not know how many there were of them ; but I did not tear up any of the notes that I know of, but I did destroy all the things I had before I gave myself np. Why, just new you said you threw part of the notes away ; what do you mean ?—No, I did not throw any away; they were all in a roll when I took them. One of the notes you have stolen, and which has been paid into the Bank, has your name on it; when did you change that 2—l signed them all. Mrs. Levy—And what did you do with the gold you took out of my drawers as well as the notes ? Witness—l did not have any gold. I took the notes out of the purse and left it with whatever it might contain in the drawer. To Mr. Chipperfield—l signed my name to all the notes, not immediately after I took them, but when about taking up the dinner on the same afternoon. I did so in the kitchen. 111 r. Chipperfietd—Now, who told yon to do so ? Witness (After a lengthened pause)—l did so on my own accord. Now what was your reason for doing so ?—Witness (after another lengthened pause)—Because I thought I should have to sign them when I went for change, and therefore that I should do so at once. Was there any person present when you so marked the notes ?—Yes ; the other servant, who is now present. Are you sure the prisoner was not there ?—Witness (pausing for some time)—No, I think not. Was he there when you took the notes ?—Yes, he was. (Sensation.) Had you told the prisoner that the notes wero in your mistress's drawer, as it appears you had seen them before you took thorn P—Witness (hesitating)—No, I did not. Had the prisoner ever been to your mistress's bed-room, where these notes were kept P—No, never. You got the permission of your mistress to visit your mother at Yarmouth I believe about the middle of Febru ary. What time did you start on your journey ? Early in the morning, as the train started at half-past six. I went in a cab, which I had ordered on the night before. Did you see the prisoner on that morning? Yes ; he came in the cab and accompanied me to the Eastern Counties Railway, and stayed there till he saw me off by the train. Mr. Elliott—Then it was not true, as you told your mis tress, that your uncle was to accompany you to Yarmouth ? Witness —No sir; it was not true. I went to Yarmouth, but only stopped one day there. I then returned to town and took the train for Tunbridge. While I was there the prisoner came up to me in the street, and touching me on the back said, " What have you done ?" He said he had heard I had robbed my mistress. I said it was true, that I was sorry for it, and should give myself up. He took me to a coffee-house, and told the woman there to take care of me for the night, and the next day I came with him to town, went to the police station, and gave myself up. Did you meet the prisoner by arrangement or mere acci dent ?—By accident. Who can believe that—that without any intimation of what One you o h your going to or being there he should have met you by mere d ? not l es w yo is u have wish to u f them has been paid in, and has your name on, and you ai,e done ac c accident w e t t h a t t h Tunbridge u t n w b o rg w e must know where you changed it ?—I did not change any £lO note. I did not know I had a £lO note, and when told by the woman at the public-house that the one I offered for change there was a £lO note, I took it back and put it back. Do yeu mean to say you returned it to your mistress's drawer ?—I did, sir. Mr. Chipperfield—You have admitted that the prisoner had been at the house of your mistress on the morning you stole the notes. Now, I wish to ask you again whether he has ever been to the bedroom of your mistress where these notes had been stolen from by you? Witness—He has not. How did you get at the notes if the drawer was locked ?—lt was not locked. I noticed two or three days before that it slipped open as we were about to move the carpet, and I looked into it once or twice to see what was there before I took the notes, but I did not inform the pri soner what I had seen there. The witness went on to say that the prisoner used frequently to visit her mistress's house two or three times a week, and sometimes stopped there all night, when she made up a bed for him in the kitchen. She used to keep him out of charity, because she considered him not well housed at home, as his lodging was at a coffee-shop. The prisoner did not make love to her particularly, but he used to talk of religion sometimes, but not much. (Laughter.) And all this took place, and the prisoner even allowed to sleep there, without your mistress's knowledge ? My mis tress did not care, so long as I paid for the things he had, how often he came there, and it used to cost me a good bit to provide him with breakfasts and what he had. In cross-examination the witness said she made the acquaintance of the prisoner by attending his chapel, and before she asked him to her mistress's house she had Mrs. Levy's permission, and in fact it was more on her mistress's account that he came than hers, although it cost her (wit ness) a great deal to provide him (the prisoner) with what he required. Her mistress had no objection how often the prisoner came so long as she (witness) provided out of her own pocket the necessary refreshments for him. Indeed, she said the oftener he came the better, as it would keep witness out of bad company, as she had a wayward way with her. (Laughter.) The first time the prisoner came to the house her mistress asked her into the drawing room to hear him pray. (Renewed laughter.) She received £lO a year wages, and borrowed £2 10s. from the prisoner to pay a doctor's bill. The prisoner knew nothing of the rob bery, and when she gave him the £5 note at the gate to get changed she said she had got it from her mistress for her wages, and on his bringing her the change she paid him the £2 108. she had borrowed of him. The prisoner bought a turkey at Christmas, which he said he had paid 4s. 6d. or ss. for, and bnught it on Christmas-eve, as he was to dine there on the following day, and she (witness) bought the sausages out of her own pocket. (Laughter.) Mr. Chipperfield—As the prisoner had purchased the turkey I think the least ho could do would be to purchase the sausages also, (Renewed laughter.) The witness went on to state that her " missu.s" dined off the turkey the next day, and that it fed the family for three whole days. She did not tell her "missus" (as she called her) at the time how she came by or who provided the tur key, but she did in a day or two after. The witness in her re-examination was pressed closely about borrowing £2 10s. from the prisoner at a time when, according to her own showing,she had to provide him with necessaries from motives of charity, when her answers were as unsatisfactory as the preceding part of her evidence, and she was told to stand down. The officer called into the box the young woman who was fellow-servant with the last witness; but Mr. Chipperfield, addressing the magistrate, said he had been but just instructed in the case, and he should feel obliged if the case was remanded at its present stage. Mr. Elliott complied with the learned gentleman's re quest, and the prisoner was again remanded. VIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINO, APRIL 16, 1861 PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE, There was never a moment when these two commodities were more needed in our country. With constantly varying news we have constantly varying aspects of the public mind, simply because the people of the country have not fixed their eyes on a certain work to be done, and resolved to be patient and persevering in accomplishing it. When the war broke out the wiser portion of the community said that it would last years instead of months ; that it could be made a war of victory for the Union only by patient perseverance. and that if the people of the United States would make up their minds that they would carry on the war as war is always to be carried on successfully, with gunpowder, cannon, muskets, and men, and would be content to go steadily for ward in the course of war, taking good and bad, success and reverse, as it came, without swerving or growing dis • contented, then there was no reasoning doubt that the Nor thern millions could in course of time absolutely conquer the vastly inferior numbers of the South; and this would have been the case if there had not been from time to time absurd, wild, fanatical, and foolish causes of doubt and disturbance introduced. The Radical party announced that white men could not conquer the South, and blacks must be resorted to if we anticipated success ; that slavery was invincible and must bo removed by a proclamation; that the North was be coming divided in sentiment, and that traitors were more numerous than loyal men in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other Northern States. These and other disturbing and harassing doubts and difficulties were raised, and out of the dissensions which were created by them came a great division of sentiment in the North as to the prosecution of the war, and hence a disposition on the part of the people to be suddenly depressed and cast down by any military reverses. The responsibility is un questionably on the Radical party, of the introduction of doubts and fears into the popular mind,and the breaking up of that unity of courage, hope, and determination which characterized the first year of the war. Looking back only to last fall, can any one deny that the platform of the Con servative party was loyally and frankly for the prosecution of the war on the original plan pledged in Congress by the Crittenden resolutions ? And yet the opposite party leaders, with reckless disregard of truth,honour,patriotism, and pub • lic duty, charged that Governor Seymour was a traitor,and that his supporters were allies of the rebellion. Even on the morning of the election the New York Radical papers de clared if he were elected his success would be celebrated by bonfires and illuminations in Richmond. Was there any truth in this ? Was it not a most unjustifiable and impolitic method of shaking the confidence of the people,weakening their faith in themselves and their neighbours,and introducing distrust and hostility among the loyal men of the country ? The result of the labours of the Radical partisans has been to make the people of the North a fitful, changeable people in their dispositions. To-day they are elated, to-morrow depressed. To-day they think the rebellion crushed, to morrow they think it stronger than ever. The price of gold goes up and down 3,5, 10 per cent, in a few hours ; general trade revives or falls into dullness; men have bright faces and talk cheerfully, or have sad faces and talk dismally, all within a brief space of time, and newspapers do very much the same. A most remarkable fact is that men and news papers who a year ago charged that it was disloyalty to ad vise patience and perseverance with reference to a long war, are now found most industriously teaching these views. No other views can be adopted by sensible men. On no other principle can the war be prosecuted successfully, or the country be kept up to the duty of war times. If this war is to be prosecuted for the restoration of the power of the Government with any hope of success, it must be done by a patient, long•suffering, persevering people. We must fix our eyes on a distant goal of triumph, and if we reach it sooner than we have expected then Si much the better. Nor will it do for angry radical men to grow fierce and furious against those who, in the exercise of their clear rights as citizens, criticise the conduct of the war and advise that this or that policy is disastrous. It may even occur, in the c ourse o f even t s , that this war will b e p ro l onge d i n t o a new Pr es id en ti a l t er m, and its course manag e d by a new Commander-in-Chief, with new advisers in his Cabinet. If he should be a Democrat, we should then, as now, regard it as dangerous to the interests of the people to permit the doctrine to become practical in the land, that he was not to be c r iti c i se d, his policy not to be questioned. The American system is indeed a poor one, and of little account, if it will not permit freedom of the press and freedom of speech in war times as well as in peace times. It is in war times that the danger from its suppression always arises. It is in such times that parties are created who are glad to acquire power through suppression of discussion. Such dangers never occur in peace times. The people should therefore be patient with each other. We think the policy of the Administration fraught with danger; but wo are determined, so far as in us lies, that the Administration of Mr. Lincoln should continue in power until his suc cessor is regularly appointed under the Constitution, anti we are patiently and perseveringly labouring to keep the people firm in right American principles, to preserve hope and strength in the nation, until men who think as we do can be placed in offices where our policy can be properly and constitutionally tried. There is a vitality in this nation which surpasses the belief of its enemies and the most ex travagant thoughts of its friends. The people are able to bear and forbear beyond all that has been known of any people heretofore. The future stretches away in dim and uncertain light, because the people have lost their faith in this vitality. But a calm study of the present condition of the country convinces us that there is no reason for despair, and that the union will yet triumph if men are but firm in principle, patient in waiting, and ready to receive disaster and success with equanimity and unwavering faith. The triumph of Conservative principles in all parts of the North is an earnest of the vitality and trustworthiness of the American people.—New York Journal of Commerce. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike. Sold in packets by 2.280 agents. TOADS IN THE HOLE. — Sir A. P. Gordon Cum ming writes to the Elgin Courier :—" In cutting the Inverness and Perth Railway through the Lochnavandah park on Altyre, we have unceremoniously trespassed on the privacy and retirement of a numerous colony of ancient toads. The cutting is here from 20 to 25 feet deep, the lower past being through from 10 to 16 feet of freestone and red theycertainly conglomerate. The i n t erest i ng old residenters are found in leases the land above the the red fr ees t one about 15 to 20 feet b e l ow th e sur f ace , w h ere m th u e s m. t ha T v h e e s y ee e n re se s N o lr e atliml9e y sturned out by ears' out on heavy handpick or the great iron crowbar; but a blast of powder seems to cause the greatest upset in the establish ment, as a shot is sometimes the means of exposing as many as a dozen of the sleepy old fell.ws. They seem none the worse for their long repose, but after giving a few winks at the new light' thus suddenly let in upon them, and taking several gasps of the unwonted air, they leisurely and deli tb them er smallan t l nw y no p ut r e o mr c ob e oe e ur d rs e o a n h t doo towards ao a rm n d d ee c ot r fh a tewh lower dwatoeewrnnflh ea t l h vd e es c l i o n ul e n th a e l a o dv n ea g b o tliv seenee 40 at once."—Scotsman, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TimEses-It has been plaih :rocs the beginning of the American war that the assumptions of the rede rat naval commanders will be limited only by the resistance of the British Government. With a Welles at the Navy Department and a Wilkes at sea, the British trader must expect to endure every. thing that his own Government can be brought to tolerate. It may be that the Washington politicians think that John Bull's irritability was relieved and his vanity gratified by the conclusion of the Trent affair, and that now, with many of his ships paid off and his mind bent on neutrality, he will shut his eyes to any high-handed proceedings on their part, and pretend to think that every merchant vessel which is seized and carried off by the Federal cruisers has only met with its deserts. But in this, we think, they will find themselves as much mis taken as they have been in many other things since the war began. There are limits to the for bearance which even a great nation can exercise towards a struggling but still petulant and presum ing Government. In the case of the Peterhoff these limits have been passed, and the spirit of Commo dore Wilkes's proceedings gives but too much rea son to think that this violation of international law and common justice will not long stand alone. It is extraordinary that a Government whose self esteem has received so many severe lessons should thus persist in these petty aggressions on a nation which has shown such a desire for peace, and yet such preparedness for war, as our own. While the United States' Minister in London, forgetful of the immense purchases of warlike munitions made by his own Government, is lecturing Earl Russell on the duty of preventing British traders from at tempting to run the blockade ; while he is striving to interpret a breach of a purely domestic Act of Parliament as an offence against interna tional law, and appealing to the friendship and sense of honour of England to give his country aid against her rebels, the naval officers of that country are setting an illegal police over the seas, establishing a blockade of British ports, and for bidding our trade with the neutral Republic of Mexico. Now, the hostility of words we may despise, and even the discourtesy which seems in born in the American nature we may pass over, however irritating may be sometimes the display of it. But an actual invasion of our rights it is impossible to disregard, and it is in the interest of peace that we would urge on the Fedi ral Govern ment a closer supervision of its naval corn mender's proceedings on the West India station. General Butler, the " representative man" of the dominant faction at the North, may think that the time has come to make the English Government eat dirt for its conduct in the Trent affair, but the leaders of the party at Washington must, we pre sume, be prudent enough to restrain for the present the desire of Commodore Wilkes to avenge the in dignity which he may think was then put on him. That the utmost caution and discretion ought to be shown in the seizure of neutral traders is a proposi tion too obvious to need argument. The restraints to which a neutral nation's commerce is subjected by a belligerent are grievous enough, We cannot trade with the South; our manufacturers cannot buy their great staple of the Confederates, nor supply them with the multitude of articles which a purely agricultural community requires. But when it is further urged on the part of one of these belligerents that necessity has no law, and that for the purpose of reconquering their rebels they will assume the right of putting an end to commerce between the neutral ports of England and Mexico, then it is time to interpose with firm ness and resolve. That such claims have been made by Federal officers, apparently under instruc tions from Washington, appears from some papers just presented to Parliament. Last summer the Bri tish steamer Adele, bound from Liverpool to Nassau, was captured by the United States' cruiser Quaker City. Every kind of illegality seems to have been concentrated in this seizure. The Adele was cap tured near the British island of Abaco; the Ameri can vessel showed no colours, but chased her and fired at her several times; she wee seized before the result of any actual search could have proved that contraband of war was on boatd, and finally the act was done. She was sailing from one British port to another. But what made the matter of most im portance was the statement of the flag-officer that (he Federal cruisers had orders to seize " any British vessels whose names were forwarded to them from the Government at Washington ; that being bound from one British port to another would not prevent the United States' officers from carrying out these orders ;" and, further, " that such were the definite orders that they were, when and where met with, to seize British steamers or vessels of which official information had been sent them." This statement, our readers will agree, is somewhat startling ; but there can be little doubt that it was true, for Mr. Seward, in the subsequent transactions, though he superseded the instructions which had no doubt emanated from Mr. Gideon Welles, does not deny that they had been really given. Sir A. Milne of course communicated with Mr. Stuart at Washington, very justly urging that though the captains of her Majesty's ships had orders to show all respect and consideration to the belligerent rights of the Federals, yet "if British ships lawfully cleared out from and bound to British ports, without the slightest indication of their deviat ing from their route, are to be subjected to seizure wherever found, simply because their names are on a list furnished to United States' cruisers, I cannot but fear that a collison between our ships of war and those of the Federal Government may be the result." Mr. Stuart, on receiving this appeal, laid the matter before Mr. Seward, and he was soon after enabled to inform Earl Russell that Mr. Seward, had read to him an instruction which " he was ad dressing in the name of the President to the Secre tary of the Navy, laying down rules for the future guidance of United States' naval officers, which essentially modify the instructions under which they have been latterly supposed to be authorized to seize certain ships irrespective of the observance of international law." The instructions given by Mr. Seward to Mr. Welles in the name of the Pre sident are simply an enunciation of the commonest rules of naval law. The Secretary is informed that British vessels are not to be captured in British waters; that they are not to be fired into without having been signalled to stop in the usual manner ; that they are not to be seized without a search re sulting in a reasonable suspicion that they are car rying contraband, nor if it be evident that they are trading between one neutral port and another. These are the " instructions" which the President of a Republic which is always parading a scrupu lous respect for law is compelled to address to his own Secretary of the Navy at the instance of a foreign representative. They are for the future guidance of naval officers, whom it is also neces sary to inform that " official seals, or locks, or fastenings of foreign authorities are in no case, nor on any pretext to be broken, or parcels covered by them read by any naval authorities of the United States." This last injunction referred to the pro ceedings of the captain of the Quaker City, who actually seized the mails carried by the Adele between Liverpool, Bermuda, and Nassau, and de clared that he would detain the official despatches from the British Admiral to the captain of the Grey hound, open them, and read them in the Prize Court. We have called attention to these papers because they show how utterly careless the United States' authorities have been in observing either law or courtesy in their dealings with us, and because the capture of the Adele throws a light on the similar outrage on the Peterhoff. It is quite evident that the "instructions" of Mr. Seward, having served their turn, are now being quietly ignored, and that the former rule of seizing suspected vessels, "when ever and wherever met with," is again to be followed. Unless a firm stand be made, there will be no end to the indignities and losses we must endure. HERALD.—There is nothing better for an effete people than Government by centralisation —not that the system is good or improving, but that they can get on under no other. It is the substitute for the worth that is at once active and self-controlling, and simply means that when no body can be relied on for their personal deserts, we must govern men by agencies which ask no per sonal deserts for their efficiency. Since the break down in character accomplished by the dissolute regime of the Bourbons, and the demoralising plea sures of the Great Revolution, no Government has been possible except one that included nearly the whole vital action of the nation in a single mecha nism, and directed every movement under the im pulse given by a single spring. It has been thus that authority has had its way against all obstacles, and that, invading almost every function of public or individual usefulness, the people have been brought into a state of pupillage in which nothing is thought possible except so far as it falls under the patronage or wins the support of Government. The people live, move, and have their being in the Government, rather than the Government in them ; and it has asked all the fever generated by com mercial gambling encouraged on the largest scale, to win even the exception of the mercantile classes from the groat rule that to be an orthodox French man one must he content to lock upon Government as the Providence whence is to come every boon and whither is to directed every service. Th question now mooted, wheth er the police of th e City of London shall be withdrawn from under its present control, to be handed over to the Govern ment, is really only another form of asking ' are we arrived at the point at w hi c h a succession of the greatest of political calamilies . placed the French people at the begi nn i ng of tbis century ? Have we lost the virtues necessary to self-govern ment ? It is grown quite impossible for the autho.• rities of tb.e City of London to maintain in efficiency a corps of pollee less than 1,000 in number, without being under orders received from the Home Office ? It has been the relief of witty Writers, and the re laxation of a cynical public, to make a London alderman the type of individual dulness and muni cipal incapacity, BLit between the triflings of an absurd literature and the seriotis deliberations of a legislature the step is immense, and we are entitled to ask the Government what is their opinion on the popular prejudice, and how far they are prepared to adopt it ? Have our C abinet Ministers so entirely restricted their knowledge of London aldermen to the joint discussion with them of a Mansion House banquet that they have come at last to regard them as fit for nothing else? Is a judgment in mock turtle the only judgment that Downing -street will accredit to men who have had the unfortunate idea of inviting it to a dinner? Is its idea of a Lord Mayoralty but a magistracy of Mansion House sur feitings ? Is it fancied because lazy urchins in the streets have learnt, like their betters, to enjoy a cheap laugh at a London aldermen, that the London alderman is therefore at the bottom of creation ? Is Punch, in short, Sour only authority on the com petency of the magistrates of the City to do their duty ? In this sense the bill to be introduced by the Home Secretary may be looked upon as a test question. Clearly enough, if the civic authorities are not competent for the management of their police, they are competent for none of the public services to which they have been elected, and their deficiency would imply at least an equal deficit on the part of the liverymen. The proposition places the whole system of local government on its trial, for what are constituencies capable of if they cannot secure in their election of magis trates an efficient control over the men en trusted with the simplest and humblest of the aids rendered to the mainten a nce of public peace and order ? If we go to the question of fact, and try the tree by its fruits, we are far from finding that the cese made out—whatever it be— tells against the principle of local government. The policemen of the City enjoy at least as good a cha racter as those of the metropolitan area. As a rule, discretion, tact, and general worth, that befit the subaltern officer of justice, are qualities better evi denced within the City boundaries. The character of the chief reason advanced for the alteration almost admits that there is no groundwork for proposing it. It is not only an isolated but exceptional incident, and when the most is made of it warrants no con clusion of the kind connected with it. The deficiencies shown in the City arrangements for the procession of the Princess of Wales, and for the illuminations which took place on the day of her marriage, were only part of a system of defect for which the Go vernment was at least as responsible as the City authorities. It is idle to say, with Sir George Grey, that he confided in the assurances of the Lord Mayor, and had a reasonable belief that he and the aldermen were competent to secure public order and safety to life under circumstances having no relation whatever to the means at their disposal. The Government knew as well as the City the pro. teotive agencies at its command, and were better fitted to comprehend how largely the need gene rated by the occasion they were furnishing was likely to exceed these. In restricting that portion of the procession supplied by the Corporation to the boundaries of the City, Sir George Grey centred exclusively in Cheapside and Fleet-street attractions which inevitably made them impassable, almost under any power of p o li ce p ro t ec ti on , w ith th e essen tial disadvantage that the very me a ns of ord er —th e police force—became elements of disorder in the excess of the numbers they contributed to augment. It was the same thi ng i n the illuminations. In pro. portion as the City authorities, enthusiastic in their loyalty, were ingeniou s i n t h e pro f use generos i ty with which they d emonstrated it, in that propor tion did the Gove rnment show itself inert in car rying out the measures which would have given a corresponding expression to the na ti ona l sent i ment, and kept in safe dispersion all over the metropoli tan area a population whi c h , b ent on sharing in the festival, would necessarily cluster about the locality made most interesting and attractive. Sir George Grey's policy —as far as we can adjudge founded on a forgetfulness of his own share in the confusion and mischief which marks the two days of our national festivity, and the motion now before the house amounts, in fact, but to a punishment of the Mansion House for the shortcomings of the Home Office. Mississippi Marine Brigade. This new arm of the service is now ready for active operations_ It was organised in consequence of the difficulty of protecting unarmed steamboats from river guerillas, and when the first ram fleet went down the river the necessity of troops to land and scour the country adjoining the river was ap parent. Under these circumstances Gen. Halleck advised the formation of a separate brigade for spe cial service on the river. In November he autho rised Gen. Ellet to proceed with the organisation. The general immediately completed his arrange ments, and hastened to St. Louis, where the recruit ing commenced for one regiment of infantry, four squadrons of cavalry, and one light field battery. The general soon found it was impossible to obtain any volunteers, but hit upon a lucky expedient, which, by the consent of Gen. Halleck, was adopted. He sought recruits from among the convalescents in the hospitals of the departments of Generals Curtis and Grant. To prevent the acceptance of any in firm or disabled recruit a rigid surgical examination was made of every candidate. This mode of re cruiting proved very successful, and in 30 days the brigade had reached the minimum number required by law. While the recruiting was in progress the agents were at work buying the necessary boats. Seven of the best steamers on Western waters ware purchased—viz., the Autocrat, flagship; the Diana, Baltic, Woodford, Fairchild, Rains, and Adams. These boats were formerly engaged in the Louis ville and New Orleans trade, and are noted for their swiftness, size, and comfort. They have been fitted up expressly for the service. Each boat has stalls for 120 horses, and sleeping berths for 400 men. The boats are not iron clad. A double wall of three-inch oak plank, with loopholes and port holes, has been built from stem to stern on both sides of the steamers, which reaches a level of the hurricane deck. The pilothouse and officers' rooms (usually calied the Texas) are covered with six inches of oak plank likewise. The boilers have an additional enclosure of nine inches of solid oak plank, which will secure them against any field pieces likely to be used where these boats are de signed to go. The main defence is against musketry, and in emergency cotton bales, stacked up against the wooden walls, would stay any damage from ar tillery. The grand object of all, however, designed in this organisation is celerity of movement against rebel guerillas on the rivers of the West. To in sure the success of this end as far as possible, ample arraugements have been made to transfer cavalry and flying artillery from boat to shore with unex ampled quickness. A swinging crane, supporting a wide railed platform, has been constructed on both sides. The moment a boat touches the bank this crane carries out the platform, and in another minute cavalry may be riding ashore, followed by artillery. There will be no delay to saddle up , horses, as all this will be done while the boats are heading for shore, and as haversacks will always be ready the greatest promptitude may be insured. Infantry may follow to cover a retreat in case of surprise or to carry a redoubt. With five of these vessels running up and down the river guerillas cannot operate very successfully on the Mississippi. They may be pursued, if necessary, far into the in terior, and will be watched for so sharply that their vocation will soon be gone. When necessary, the whole brigade can be brought into action, or, as sisted by fresh troops, go upon important expedi tions. The horses have been selected with great care, and everything has been done to make the Mississippi River Marine Brigade an efficient arm of the country's service. —New York herald. DUEL IN FRA NCE.—The Paris Tribunal o f Cor rHeuentlgoanraialnP, A. Police last week tried by default a young Bossanyi, formerly a lieutenant in the ser vice of Hungary, on a charge of wilfully wounding Capt. Novelly, also a Hungarian, in a duel fought with sabres in the forest of Bandy on the 16th February last. Their seconds, Lieut. Baron de Bianchi, a German by birth; Dr. Parmentier, of Paris ; M. Hoffmann, a German, and M. de Mandarosz, a Hungarian, were also charged as accomplices. Only three of the accused, Parmentier, Hoffmann, Man darosz, were present. It appeared from the evidence that Bossanyi and Novelly bad quarrelled about the comparative merits of two Italian generals, and that a challenge was given and accepted. It was proved that the duel was con ducted fairly, and that Novelly was slightly wounded in the right hand and head. Evidence was also given to show that Dr. Parmentier attended professionally, and not as a second. The Tribunal accordingly acquitted Dr. Parmen tier, but declared the charge proved against the other four, and condemned Bossanyi and Bianchi, by default, the former to pay a fine of 200 f, the latter one of 50f, and Hoffmann and Mandarosz to pay a fine of 50f each. SHIP ON FIRE. In the dance smoke that prevailed, excluding every ohs ject from view, the glorious old Mississippi went ashore right opposite the centre and worst battery. She now be came a standing target for the whole range of the batteries of Port Hudson. Finding it impossible to escape, Captain Smith gave orders to set the ship on fire, to prevent her falling into the hands of the rebels. Accordingly her aft part was fired, the rebels all the time continuing to pour in their shot and shell as fast as they could bring their guns to bear. The artillery practice would have been worthy of a better cause The Mississippi was riddled through and through. Four men were known to have been killed ere the ship was abandoned. Several were known to have jumped overboard soon after the ship was set on fire, and there can be no doubt that some of them were drowned. There was a favourite spaniel on board which succeeded in swimming to the shore. This dog was greatly excited during the heart of the engagement, and, as the shells ex ploded, he ran at them, barking furiously, even following as near as possible those which exploded in the water. Soon after the vessel had been fired two shells came crashing through her, exploding, and setting fire to some turpentine and oil which they upset. The ship was then at once abandoned, and burned till she became lightened, to which the removal of nearly 300 men contibuted, when she swung off into deep water, presenting her head down the river. Presently it was reported on board the Richmond that she was coming down, and we all turned out on the poop deck to see the sight. It was a magnificent spectacle. From the midships to the stern the noble vessel was enveloped in a sheet of flame, while fire wreaths ran up the shrouds, played around the mainmast, twisted and writhed like fiery ser pents. Onward she came, keeping near to the right bank, still bow foremost, as regularly as if she was steered by a pilot. It was, indeed, a wonderful sight. Capt. Smith, her recent commander, and several of her officers, who had by this time arrived on board the Richmond, assembled on the poop deck—their emotion almost too great for words. Next to his wife, children, or sweetheart, there is nothing that a sailor loves more than his ship—nothing that he re grets the loss of so much ; and in the absence of the above mentioned domestic ties, his ship is to him wife, child, and sweetheart. The feeling of regret at the loss of his ship 10 enhanced when, as in the case of the Mississippi, the gallant craft has achieved historical renown. No wonder, then, that the officers of the Mississippi should feel a sinking at the heart on witnessing the destruction of their floating home, while they were powerless to save her. As she ar rived opposite the port side of the Richmond some appre hension was entertained that her port broadside might give us a parting salute of not a very agreeable nature. Captain Smith assured Captain Alden, however, that her port guns had been all discharged. Just as she had cleared us her starboard guns began to go off. This was accompa nied by the explosion of the shells she had on deck ready for use. These exploded at short intervals. The flames now began to increase in volume from amidships to the stern, and the howitzer on the maintop was discharged with the heat. Majestically the gallant craft—gallant even in its last moments—moved down the stream till, turning the bend at the lower of Prophet Island, she was hidden from our view, and nothing more was seen but a bright glare shooting up skywards. Shell after shell still exploded at intervals, and thus a couple of hours passed away till the Mississippi was some eight or ten miles below the Richmond. The shells now begin to explode more rapidly, indicating that the fire has reached the shellroom, and cannot be far from the powder magazine. This proves to be the fact, for presently a sudden glare of bright flame shoots upwards towards the zenith, spreading skyward in the form of an inverted cone; an interval of a few seconds elapse ; then comes a stunning roar, causing the Richmond to tremble from truck to kelson, and the gallant Mississippi, that so long has braved the battle and the breeze, is no more; all that remains of her is sunk in the bosom of the mighty river from which she derived her name.—New York Tapir. COUNTRY MARKETS. .4. NEWARK-WEDNESDAY. Wheat prices generally the same as last week. Barley and oats as before. Barley scarce. White wheat new, 50s to 58s ' Barley, grinding.. 308 to 32a Red do. 46e to 50s Oats, old, .. 3os to —0 Old white sos to 51s New do 238 to 268 Red do 43s to 48s 1 Beans. 42s to 450 Barley, malting 38s to 42s I,_ Beans, new 35s to 38a Peas, ....e3s to 38s. HULL-TUESDAY. A small supply of English wheat today, which met a a steady sale, at fully last week's currency. Barley dull, and declined is per qr. Linseed cakes steady. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 4Bs Od to 50s 08 Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Barley.... En g li s h ma lti ng 32s Od to 38s Od Grinding 27s 6d to 29s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 2Bs Od to 29s Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Od Oats English, old 26s Od to 28s Od Archangel and Riga, per at oBl2id to 1 3 a Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 08130 Swedish and Danish Osl2fd to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4ss Od to 46s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian .. 33s Od to 34s Od Peas Foreign boilers ~. Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding . 52s Od to 66s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) Rape cakes es £9 15 8 15400 t Od 0 s tooxtlooos2 0 0 s 0 0 0 d Foreign 6 5 oto 610 ~. Bones 5 5 oto 510 u LYNN-T UEBDAY. A fair show of wheat to-day, with a moderate demand+ at about late rates. White ..44s to 48s [ Barley. 3Bs to 400 Red.. 4ls to 44s grinding ..34s to 36 0 Beans .38s to 42s I Oats.. New 36s to 38s 1 Peas —s to --0 COAL :ARKET. the dose of the market. l'rWes of Coal per Ton at s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ..15 3 Davison's West Hart- s . d. Holywell ..15 3 North Pelton Gas .13 3 West Hartley ..15 ley 15 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting , 19 6 Tanfield Moor 12 3 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 0 W alker Primrose ll 0 Eden Main 14 9 Wylam 15 6 Walls End. Haswell .... .. , l7 ,O, Hartlepool 16 0 K elloe South Kelloe l6 0 Riddell Whitworth. ..14 hough Hall 15 2 l't itod on. Hartlepool l4 v it, 44; sold, 33. Ships at marke Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 19' via Marseilles Apr. V' Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St, Helena May 3 ", China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Apr. I°„' via Marseilles Apr. I' 4 ' Falkland Islands ............... Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Apr. 18 India (Bombs via Marseilles Apr' q• )), via Southampton .. Apr. DI, via Marseilles Apr. 2 0 " Portugal.... ...... May 4 ' Malta, Egypt, a n d Ad en, v i a Southampton Apr. 10. Newfoundland via Marseilles .. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and B r iti s h N . A mer i ca, Ly Brit. packet......A NAl p pa r r Y.:lll4s: by U.S. packet., by Canadian packet. Apr. 1° W.C. of Africa, Madei ra , an d T ener iff e . . Bahamas, via New York Mexico. .. " All parts of West Indies, incl u di ng Chili, Peru,.il‘AA: May 0 Apr. yrr: 72 : 8 3. : California, and British C01umbia........ I Births. COCHRANE.—On the 14th inst. at Barham Court a , ne ar Canterbury, the w if e o f B as il C oc h rane, E sq., o f soya / ENGLAND.—On the 14th inst., at Stopham House, V t.. worth, the wife o f M a j or England, 55th Regiment, of daughter. GOFF.—On the 14th inst., at Burton Grange, the LOY Adela Goff, of a sun. WARE.— On the 13th inst., at 3, Woburn-square, the Wif e of C. T, Ware, Esq., of a son. Marriages. HILL—GORDON.—On the 14t1.1 inst,, at St. Stephen?' O'Dell Travers Hill, Esq., of St. Stephen's-road, IVO t. bourne-park, to Christina, daughter of T. B. Gordon , Esq. MITFORD — EGERTON.--011 the 14th inst., at St. Jarnes ri ' L al ,4 Bf Westminster, Percy Mi l f or d, E sq ., e ld es t son of Sept B. Mitford, E sq ., E x b u , y H ouse, county Hants, to B i Marion, third daught er o f L or d an d L a d y Egerton, of Tatton. Deaths. CLARKE.—On the 13th inst., at Matlock, Derbysh ire ' Charles Clarke, Esq., aged 74. CLARK.—On the 14th inst., at Lodge House, G rea t Char i t :, near Ashford, Kent, John Clark, Esq., age d 53, forme r of Spring hill, Denton, Bucks. Of DAWSON.—On the 10th inst., at Bath, Emma, widow the late Captain W. Dawson, R.N. JEKYLL —On the 7th Feb., in the wreck of the Orpheus ° t ll the west coast of New Zealand, Arthur Jekyll, Liin second son of Edward Jekyll, Lq., of Bramley 11 ° 116 Surrey, aged 21. PACEY.—On the 12th ia , t., at Aston House, Stevenage' the Rev. Henry Butl er P acey, formerly of The pr ierl6 Boston, aged 91. KING.—On the 13th inst., at 2, Dalston-rise, Hack- 11°1P Mr. Edward King. , London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDRE w 2, of No. 112, St ran d, P r i n ter, at T UE Surf Office. N O. of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Comity lkiiddleses.—Thursday, April 16, 186:s.