The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-08 00:00:00

TEE T-NSURRECTION IN POLAND. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CRACOW, April 3. A lst',,er from Konigsberg, dated March 31, makes known that the peasants of Szowle, in Lithuania. have been in open insurrection for the last five days against the Government. At Poniewicz the nobi lity and the townspeople have risen. I have already communicated to you by telegraph the news of Lapinski, who held a command in Circassia from 1855 until 1858, having landed in Courland. His band is said to be well composed, and officered by men who have served with distinction in various European armies, including one who has just quitted the English service for the sole purpose of assisting the Poles. We had for some days past been expecting tidings of Lapinski's expedition, and the latest accounts from Courland inform us that the landing was effected without difficulty. The Poles declare that the nobility of this province retain their old sympathy for Poland, and that in Couriand, Samogitia, and throughout Lithuania the insurrection will be quite as formidable as in Poland proper. One thing is quite certain, that before the middle of the month the whole of Russian Poland will be shaken from the Dnieper to the Baltic, and from the coast of Courland to the eastern extremity of Podolia. All that Warsaw and the fortified towns have to do is to do nothing. The Russians dare not withdraw the garrisons, and, unless they weaken them considerably, they will not be able to resist the insurgents either in Lithuania, or in Podolia, or in the south of the kingdom of Poland towards the frontier of Galicia As soon as the news of Lapinski's invasion of Courland is confirmed you will hear of a movement in the south-east which will rather stagger the Russians. They are in great strength just now on the other side of the Galician frontier, and they know what will happen if they retire, as retire they must before long. Already several new bands have appeared on the Russian side of the border, and when the signal is given— when Courland and Samogitia, on the one hand, and Podolia, on the other, are quite ready—the scene of Lan giewicz's recent operations will be filled by a force less compact, no doubt, but twice as numerous as that which the Dictator had under his command. Gen. Anneukoff has shown that he has a sort of presentiment that something remarkable is going to happen in Kieff and Podolia, and with the view of averting the danger which threatens him, has informed the peasants that a body of Po lish insurgents are about to invade the province in order to put all the peasants to death. From letters dated Dantzic, April 1, it appears two aides-de-camp of the Grand Duke Constantine, Capt. Arsenieff and a Lieutenant of Engineers, whose name I cannot read, have arrived in that city, and taken up their quarters at the Hotel d'An gleterre, and are engaged in examining and pur chasing steamers for the transport of troops on the Vistula. They at first entered into treaty with M. Behrend, President of the Chamber of Deputies, for the steamer called the Vistula, but it was found to draw too much water. Rosenthal, a merchant of Bromberg, then offered them the Matador for 25,000 roubles, and they are also in negotiation for a vessel at Thorn, for R hich 12,000 roubles is asked. The bargaining is done openly. The police and the Government have been informed of it, and make no objection to the purchase and transforma tion of merchant vessels into vessels of war to be used against the Poles. On the other band, neither lint nor medical stores are allowed to be taken from Prussian territory into Poland, but are seized and confiscated without mercy at the frontier. The General Krushewski who (as I sent word by telegraph) was arrested here last night, or early this morning, was one of the principal directors of the Polish movement from Cracow. His disappearance may cause some inconvenience, but otherwise is not of very great importance. It is perfectly true that a Russian major and lieutenant-colonel were made prisoners at the battle of Grochowiska, or Busk, on March 18, and that two guns were taken in the same action ; but the Poles do not murder their captives, and the two Russian officers were rescued, and might, if they liked, bear witness to the fact that they were for some time in the hands of the 'Gonave. I know several persons who saw them in that position. The Poles had also to abandon the guns, but not until they had spiked them. Langiewicz's troops during the whole of their cam paign made as many as 300 prisoners, all of whom were liberated nn condition of not fighting any more against the Poles. It was not to be expected that the soldiers would keep their word, but it was scan dalous not to allow the officers to respect theirs, sup posing, which I assume to have been the case, that they were so inclined. One of the liberated officers was taken a second time, and Langiewicz had, of course, no choice but to order him to be hanged. Of late the Russians have not behaved with their customary ferocity to the Polish prisoners. A t least there has been one instance of humanity on the part of Prince Schachowsky, the General who com mands at Miechow, and to whose corps the savages who made the murderous assault upon Mr. Finken stein belong. The Countess Augusta Potocka, being personally acquainted with the Prince, wrote to him from Cracow, begging him to send back all the wounded insurgents from Gaiicia who had Callen into his power, that they might be at tended to in the special hospital established here in the ballroom of the Hotel de Saxe. The Prince was polite enough to forward all the Galician pri soners, whether wounded or not. Three days ago (March 30) 11 Austrian soldiers were brought in wounded to Bolechowice, a village on the Galician frontier. The Russians, who say that they mistook them for insurgents, fired upon them from a distance. The Austrians returned the fire, and ultimately a hand-to-hand skirmish took place, in which several Cossacks were made pri soners. They are now with the wounded Austrians at Bolechowice. _ _ . . . Officers and soldiers of Langiewicz's army— foreigners as well as Poles—assure me that Langie wicz made no charge of treason against anyone in the " order of the day" issued after the council of war on the night of the 18th. He issued no second proclamation ; though, had he done so, it is pro bable enough that, like every one else in Poland, he would have had something to say against Mieros lawski, who is more detested by the Poles even than he is admired by himself. PIRACY IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Accounts have been received in Paris from Tahiti to the 27th of December last. They contain the de tails of a suceeesful cruise of the commander of the French cutter Latouclae-Trto put an end to a new descriptionof pira cy which was in those seas. The being practised a co o l uehe-Treville captured a brig under Peruvian o n T Dec. 3, in the waters of the island Makena ll o re : I le brig was sent to Papeeti, under the command midshipman. The brig, which had remained 10 oral days at the island of Fakarava, carried away 28 o f 2 the natives. \ When she was captured she had on boa In dians belonging to the islands of Motutonyd ga,lTstauiena- Kati, Kaneki, and Fakarava, which are und er the French protectorate. The captain of the cap tu red brig declared her name to bathe Mercedes deWho lieig. Her papere were not regular, and the soi disant captain figures among the names of the crew as pilot. The brig's cutter, which was fitted up for the conveyance of natives from the islands to the brig, had escaped, but the Indians were actively searching for her, having been apprised by the French officer of thedanger which they had escaped. Of the 151 natives found on board the Mercedes 91 were landed on the island of Faaite, delighted to be restored to their homes. They requested the com mander of the Latouche-Treville to express their gratitude to the Imperial Commissioner for the ser vice he had rendered them. The 60 others were brought to Papeeti in ord2r that they might give the necessary information for the prosecution of the crew of the Mercedes. Prince Ariisne, who followed the expedition, showed the greatest alacrity in being oneof the first in boarding the brig. It is expected that the investigation which has been commenced into the schemes of the commander of the Mercedes will bring to light some extraordinary facts. The captain of the Latouche-Treville had resumed his cruise to the island of Tnamotn-Gambier and the Marquesas. Court-Martial on Capt. H, S, Hillya; C 8., and Lieut. Lillingston, PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday. The court .martial en the above -named offic,?,rs, who were charged with cruelty to a boy on board the Cadmus, was resumed this mo rn i ng on b oard the Victory. The boy Baker was recalled. He said—l was in prison at Barbadoes accused of desertion. I was eight months on board the ship and had no leave. I have never broken my leave half an hour since I have been in the service. The ship's company had 24 hours leave at Antigua. The mas ter at arm s (A rno ld) stoppe d m y l ea ve because I owed him 2s. I never broke out of the ship and went on shore. I never disguised myself, neither tried to leave the island. I was taken by the police, who asked if I belonged to the Cad mus. I said " Yes." I was taken to the station-house, and from thence to my ship. On the following Sunday I was taken before Captain Hillyar, who sentenced rae to 28 days , military prison. I was two days absent from the ship on that occasion. I have no proof that the master at arms stopped my pay because I owed him 2s. Cross-examined by Captain Hillyar-1 was refused washing for eight days at New Brunswick. I applied to Master-at-Arms Arnold for permission to wash. I was afraid to complain of not being allowed to wash. I had bread bags on when I attempt d to get away from the ship. After my attempt to get away from the ship I had no other clothes but what is accustomed to be had in the navy. I did not complain to any one about not getting leave because I thought I should be stopped for owing the master at arms 2s. I had clothes, hut not money. I had my bed to sleep on when I was in irons. I did not state yesterday that had no hammock. I said I had to sleep on the deck; I could not sleep in my hammock. The ship was in the dock at Newßrunswick when I was charged with attempting to escape. I can only recollect the boy Melkhams trying to escape. I heard that men had endeavoured to escape, but I did not know it. I was punished for making away with my clothes. I have said that Bowles bore malice towards me because I would not give him my grog. I do not know that it might have been because I brought the false accu• cation against him. I believe the investigation relative to the conspiracy against Bowles was held at St. Thomas, I believe in Captain Hillyar's cabin. The officers present at that inquiry w.re the captain, first lieutenant, second lieu tenant, and other officers. I believe the evidence given at the inquiry was taken down in writing. (Witness enume rated those who were charged with him for conspiring against Bowles). When the ship was mustered at Halifax by the admiral, I wore an old blue jumper and trousers. You stopped and pointed me out to the admiral as one of the incorrigibles whom you applied to have discharged from the service. When the crew were told that if they had any complaints to make to go aft before the admiral, I did not go and prefer any complaint whatever. I knew that Capt. Hillyar was to leave the ship that day, but I did not know it was my duty to complain and ask fur my discharge, or for anything. Did you ever complain to me of being ill-used ?—No. Why did you not complain to the admiral with one or two other men, who went aft to make known their griev ances ?—I did not know that any one did go aft. By Lieut. Lillingston—l cannot tell when the treatment of my being stripped took place. It was in 1862, before and after Capt. Hillyar left the ship. I was stripped in the steer age by the master at arms by order of Lieut. Lillingston, who also ordered me to be put in bread-bags. I never heard the master at arms make any complaint against me at that time. I am certain that this took place in the first dog watch of the day we left Halifax for New Brunswick. The order was given on the quarter-deck. I did not make any com plaint of the treatment I received. I only asked the master at arms to allow me to wash myself. That was the fourth day after we arrived at New Brunswick. When you ordered me to be scrubbed with sand and canvas I was in the port gangway. Bowles was present then, but I did not see the master at arms. You ordered me to be taken forward to have my hair cut, and to be scrubbed with sand and canvas. My clothes were to be washed. I had a flannel and check shirt on then. I had no trousers on. I was brought to the quarter deck with bread-bags on. I had on the flannel shirt in addition to the bags. A hole was cut in the bottom of the bag for my head, and one on each side for my arms. I believe I had another bread-bag drawn over my legs, but I am not certain. I did my duty in that costume half the way from Halifax to St. John's, on the lower deck. I was punished for being asleep on the look-out at night during that voyage, and also for skulking; but I was not asleep. I continued doing duty on the lower deck until the day I left the ship at Newfoundland. How, then, did it happen that you were punished for being asleep on the look-out ?—lt was previous to that, before I was put in bread-bags; that was the punish ment and black-list. I passed the officer of the watch in a jumper and trousers of blue serge, and was in those clothes when I was accused of being asleep. Those clothes were not taken from me, but I was not allowed to wear them. When I was put in the bread-bag suit I was not permitted to wear my serge clothes. My head, flesh, and clothes were lousy on the 30th July, when I was brought before you. I allowed that I had only worn the clothes that I was brought before you in since the punishment awarded me for being asleep on the look-out. Besides Bowles thrashing me, the master at arms has caned me, and the sergeant•major rope's-ended me at Santa Martha. I cannot :say that you had any knowledge_of me being thrashed. I was brought before Capt. Hillyar at Antigua, but not at New Brunswick. When at the latter place I was about three days in irons before I was brought be fore Captain Hillyar. When I was flogged across the gun by the sergeant-major, who was on duty as master-at arms, I never made any complaint to you of having been ill-treated by Bowles or any one else. You (Lieutenant Lillingston) were present when I was rope's-ended by the sergeant-major at Santa Martha. By Captain Hillyar—Did I not send for you on the quarter deck and tell you that I should request the admiral to dismiss you from the service as a bad and incorrigible character as soon as you were out of debt to the Crown? I owed the master-at-arms 2s for sardines. By the Court—l did not hear the order given at Halifax for any one who had any complaint to make to do so to Admiral Milne at muster. The rope used was about an inch rope, with which I was punished across the gun at Santa Martha. It was a piece of rope he carried about with him. By Captain Phillimore—When you were scrubbed with sand and canvas was any part of the skin raised or removed from your body ? Witness—l was very sore, but Ido not knew whether there was any skin raised or not. Were you sore from the scrubbing ?—I was not sore be fore I was scrubbed. I was beaten after I was scrubbed. Was there any mark of blood from the scrubbing ?—I did not notice any; there was from the beating. On what part of your body ?—My head. By Lieut. Lillingston—Did you make any complaint to any one while you were being scrubbed by the boy Haynes, as you state you were hurt, and, if so, to whom ?, Witness—No. Was the order which you say I gave for you being put into bread-bags on the voyage from Halifax to Newfound land, as a punishment, given in the presence of any one else, and if so, whom ?—The master at arms. The Master at Arms (George W. Wannell) of her Ma jesty's ship Cadmus, was neat called—He said that he had seen Baker in " bread-bags" on two or three occasions. The first lieutenant ordered him to be put in bread-bags for being dirty, and making away with his clothes. By Captain Hillyar--You have never given me any order respecting Baker being put in bread-bags since I have been master at arms of the Cadmus. By the Prcsecutor—l cannot remember how many times Lieutenant Lillingston gave orders for Baker to be put in bread-bags. It was on two or three occasions. On the day Captain Ross joined the ship I reported to Lieutenant Lil lingston that Bowles had reported to me that the boy's head was "lousy." I received an order from the first lieutenant that he was to be taken to the ship's head, where his head was to be shaved, and scrubbed with sand and canvass. I afterwards saw Baker's hair being cut close with a pair of scissors by Bowles. I never said that Cap tain Hillyar ordered Baker to be put in bread-bags. I was not in the Cadmus when at Santa Martha. On two or three occasions when Lieutenant Lillingston has given the order to put Baker in bread-bags Captain Hillyar has been present. I have never received orders to flog boys from Captain Hillyar. I never saw any one 'flogged across a Dun. I have seen three other boys put in. bread-bags for being careless and dirty with their clothes. The Court—Were the orders you received from Lieuten ant Lillingston carried out ? I failed to carry out the/order I receivd he order I receiv e d from Lieutenant . Lillingston. I g to Bowles.ave t Did you see the boy scru bbed with sand and canvas?— No. Did you o r d er that he should be scr ubbed with sand and canvas?—Y es . Examination resumed—l gave Bowle s the orders I re ceived to ec tu bb the boy. I altered the order I received from Lieut. Lillingaton. * The order was that his (Baker's) head was to be shaved. I ordered his hair to bo cut close five or six months after his h hair instead, because of the sores . I did not see the boy until a was cut. the Cadmus the 39th July, the I did day the boy desei ted. not hear the boy beaten round the boys were punished. I neverprseasweßsthakeher deck. I was on the lower deck. It was my duty to be on all occasions when and punished with a rope's end. a thing could not have occurred without my becoming acquainted with it if the order came from the quarter deck. I punishments I never included his being nd dressed account of bags. I did not think it a punishment. Theebdein bread Baker m never complained to me of ill treatment. I have y tr with the ship's company in small stores, such as sardines.a"l I understood that I had Lieut. Lillingston's permissiont do so. I believo Baker was kept in bread bags because he could not get slops, as he was indebted to the Crown, Re was a careless, dirty, and very bad boy. When in the bread bags Baker got his full allowance of grog and provisions. The other boys did so when in bread bags. The longest period I have known a boy to be put in bread bags was a fortnight at one time. I did not report to the surgeon that lielidwacarsoossnab ga board the boy's head was full of sores. I did not consider it a I punishment when a boy was in bread bags for a fortnight, because he had no night watch, and had only to duty on the lower deck. Baker was put in irons for security. The longest time the boy was in irons was five or six days. Baker was in irons at St. John's, N.B. During Captain Hillyar's time I did not, when a punishment took place, enter it without orders. By Captain Hillyar—There were great facilities held out for desertion at St. John's, N.B. We lost several men there the first or second night we went on the blocks. I think Baker did his best to get away. He ran from under the sentry's charge. When I came to the steerage I found that the chief boatswain's mate was there with the boy. By Captain Hillyar—l never knew Baker without clothes under his bread-bag. I have never seen you, while you were captain of the Cadmus, behave in a cruel, oppressive, and unofficerlike manner to any of the boys or ship's company. I have never heard you give petty officers orders to thrash the boys. There was nothing indecent in the boy's appear ance when he was in the bread-bag. I know that you had Baker and other bad characters on the quarter-deck when you said, "I shall apply to the admiral for your discharge from the service as unfit for it." I remember the Admiralty orders on naval courts-martial and discipline being received on board, and to the best of my knowledge those orders were complied with. By Lieut. Libingston—You never ordered me to strip Baker as we were going from Halifax to St. John's, New Brunswick. I never refused Baker permission to wash him self. To my knowledge Baker was not brought before you, or any one else, on July 30th, nor did you see him on that day. On July 30th, I reported to you that Baker was "lousy," and in a very bad condition with sores. What ever directions you gave on that occasion were delivered immediately on my reporting that Baker was in a filthy condition. You did not give me any other orders about Baker on that day. I have no reason to suppose that you knew of, or had any connection with the boy's running from the ship on the 30th of July, before the fact was reported to you. You told me to bring the bey up, after he had run. Baker was never, to my knowledge, put in bread-bags for any other reaaon than that he had no clothes, or none fit to wear, from their filthy condition. I never stripped the boy of his clothes, either by or without your orders. You have never, to my knowledge, caused any man or boy in the ship to be thrashed with rope's-end. Neither did you order any other bey to be scrubbed with sand and canvas. I have never known of any instance of cruelty and unkindness by you to any of the crew since I have been in the ship. You reprimanded me on one occasion, on the complaint of a boy for having struck him. By Captain Hillyar —I think you ordered two boys besides Baker to be put in bread-bags. Their names were Haynes and James ; one was for being dirty and having no clothes, and the other for positively refusing to obey the senior lieutenant's orders and also mine. Baker was never stripped when in the bread-bags, but had always one suit on, bad or good. The boy wore trousers. (Witness had previously stated that one of the reasons for putting the boy in a bread-bag dress was because he had no clothes, save one or two dirty rags.) Witness was further examined as to proceedings on board the Cadmus, his replies throughout being anything but straightforward, after which the court adjourned until next morning. THE SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1863 Mr, Palmer and her husband for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Brown were counsel for the plaintiff—and Mr. liuddlestone, Q.C., and Mr. Powell for the defendants. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, in opening the case, stated that actions of this description, by men against women, were seldom brought, but this was a proper one for a jitry. Plaintiff was in the employ of the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Canal Company, and was stationed on the canal at Coomb Hill, where his father also was agent for the same company. Defendant, Mrs. Palmer (at that time Miss Chandler), was the daughter of a farmer living in the same neighbourhood, and there could be no doubt from the letters which he read that an engagement had been made between them, Subsequently, according to plaintiff's case, Hiss Chandler found a richer lover in Mr. Palmer, and gave plaintiff up. There was a.little flight of fancy in the letters. The lady, in the latter part of the correspondence, laid much stress on the "overruling of Providence" as an argument for breaking off the match, and she said the en gagement was grieving those nearest her, and she feared it caused him (the plaintiff) many unhappy hours. .She therefore asked to have her likeness and letters returned. To this plaintiff wrote on the 4th August, commencing, "After two years and three months' correspondence this is your conclusion ;" and asked to have an interview, as he would not Le trodden under foot, adding, "Mind, I've not said you are free, nor can I. I consider lam injured in my temporal affairs, and cannot be treated in this way. You ask me if you are free ? I answer, You are not.' " The rejoinder to this letter was lost, but on the 12th August plaintiff again wrote, "You ask for your letters ; know they are in my possession and will remain." The letters were put in and read. The lady's last was written in October, and in November she married her hus band, Mr. Palmer, of Kempley-court, near Ross. Mrs. Pitchford, plaintiff's sister, was called to prove the intimacy between the plaintiff and Miss Chandler, who was 26 years of ago. She said that Miss Chandler had spoken to her of the :engagement, but admitted, in cross-exami nation, that the engagement was never spoken of in the esence of Mrs. Palmer's father. Mr. Pitchford, husband of the last witness, said that the plaintiff's salary was about £BO a year, but he had been offered a better appointment in Staffordshire. Another witness was called, and said she was present at Mr. and Mrs. Palmer's marriage, on the 30th November. Mrs. Palmer had spoken to her of the engagement with plaintiff, and said it was in opposition to the wish of her friends. Mr. Huddleston addressed the jury. He said he could unders . and a woman suing for breach of promise of mar riage, but in a man it was despicable, he having suffered nothing for which money could compensate him. In this case a farthing damages would be sufficient. __ _ The judge said it was a clear c,tae of jilting. The jury must estimate the damage plaintiff had sustained. The jury, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation gave a verdict for plaintiff—damages £2O. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. —NORWICH, April 7. THE INUNDATION IN THE FENS LAST TEAR, The great case of "Coe v. Wise" was brought to a close late last night before the Lord Chief Justice Erle. It was commenced on Wednesday last, and occupied the court and jury five days. It is pretty well known that this is but one of a vast number of actions brought against the defendant in his capacity of clerk to the mid-level drainage commis sioners, and as the facts in all must be identical with the facts proved in this case, it is probable that as far as the assize court is concerned the cases are so far decided. But with regard to other courts the matter is very different, and the jury having done their part with the facts, it will remain for the defendant.to test the worth of the verdict in point of law, and to that end no doubt the matter will eventually come before the highest tribunal in the land, the House of Lords. Early in the case Mr. Keane (who with Mr. D. Brown and Mr. Phear was for the plaintiff) intimated that he did not rely upos the court in the declaration averring that the de fendants had not shown due care and skill in the making of the sluice originally, but should ask the jury, if in their opinion the damage was caused by the defendants not having exercised due care and skill in maintaining the sluice, and in not providing proper remedies when the disaster occurred; and lastly, was there a proper puddle wall in the bank ? All these latter questions the jury answered in favour of the plaintiff. In the course of the case a great number of witnesses were called on both sides, persons resident in the neighbourhood, and engineers of the greatest eminence. The case on the part of the defendants was conducted by Sir F. Kelly (spe cially retained), Mr. O'Mally, Q.C., Mr. Metcalfe, ana Mr. Newton. With this ended the business of the Norfolk Circuit for the spring assizes. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivERrooL, April 7. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) WOODLAND V. LONDON AND NORTH •WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. Woodland, vicar of Stone, in Staffordshire, brought 'an action against the London and North-Western Railway Company to obtain compensation for having been falsely imprisoned. On 26th January last the plaintiff left Stone in a second-class carriage of one of the defendants' trains, on a visit to his wife, who was staying in Liverpool with a friend named Proudfoot. He arrived at the Edge-hill sta tion, near Liverpool, at 10 45 p.m., and as he was not en cumbered with luggage, at once jumped out of the train when it stopped, and after availing himself of accommoda tion for "gentlemen only," he went to the gatekeeper, de -1 livered up his ticket, and was about to leave the station, when he was detained by one of the defendants' servants (a man named Thorpe), who said he had been riding in a first class carriage with a second-class ticket. Mr. Woodland was naturally indignant at Thorpe's insolence, and told him he was a liar, and also refused to give his address, Thorpe then gave plaintiff into the custody of the police, and he was locked up in one of the cells of a police-station, although he gave his address and denied the charge, until his friend Mr, Proudfoot came and bailed him out. The day following he surrendered at the police court to take his trial on the charge of having travelled in a first-class carriage when he had only paid for a second-class ticket. The police charge stated in the usual way that "the prisoner could read and write, had a knife in his pocket," &o. The magistrates presiding on that day and the following one were shareholders in the railway company, and therefore could not investigate the case, but ultimately it was decided, and the plaintiff was dismissed. It appeared that the ticket collector, Thorpe, merely suspected some one of having been guilty of the offence with which he charged Mr. Woodland, and as the plaintiff left the train hurriedly, and did not immediately leave the station, he concluded that he must be the offender. The most conclusive evidence was adduced that Mr. Wood land did not ride in a first. class carriage, and the jury, after they had been addressed by Mr. Overend, Q.C., intimated to Baron Martin that they had agreed upon their verdict, and that it was therefore unnecessary for his lordship to sum up. A verdict for the plaintiff was then returned— damages, £lOO. Extraordinary Suicides in a Family at giugsland. An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, at the Lord Truro Tavern, Ralston, on Monday night, re specting the d eat h o f Mr. Thomas Shirley, ag E d 67 years, a wea l t h y tradesman , w h o comm i tte d su i c id e by cutting hi s t h roat with a razor on Thursday evening last. MraSarah Shirley said that deceased had for a number of years carried on business as a grocer at Kingsland-green. He was latterly much depressed on account of the extension line of the North Lon don Railway, which was to be carried through his premises, as he thought the amount of compensation which the company were to allow him for turning him out of his house insufficient. The company of fered only £4OO, and he found it useless to resist, and assented, but the agreement had not been signed. Witness was deceased's third wife. He had children by his two former wives. Two of the children by the second wife had committed suicide, and inquests had been held upon them. One of them—the son—had destroyed himself and the young person to whom he was engaged to be mar ried. The daughter threw herself into the river Lea and was drowned. There was no particular reason for her doing so. There were two children living with deceased at the time of his suicide. Mr. Frederick Shirley, deceased's son, said the spring alwaye seemed to have operated in a peculiar manner on deceased, and made him more nervous. The Coroner, noticing this remark, remembered, as curious, that last sprin g he had to hold inquests upon some of deceased's children who had committed suicide. The son that destroyed himself was going to be married, but the match was disapproved of at home, especially by Mrs. Shirley, and on his going to his father's horse with the young woman oh one occasion, the reception he got was such that he took his intended to a coffee -shop in the City-road, and poisoned her and himself with cyanide of potas sium. When he (the coroner) viewed the bodies they were still locked in one another's arms. The daughter filled her pockets with stones and leaped into the river Lea, apparently from domestic un happiness. Th e d eceased and his two un f ortunate children app eare d to have been sub j ect to an extra ordinary liability to depression, resulting in sui cidal mania. The jury returned it verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind." 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, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—The desire of the Greeks for their Kieg its as ardent as ever was Juliet's for her Montague, and they bid the modern " fiery-footed steeds," the telegraphs, gallop apace with Much earnestness that the news of the day has been a good deal in advance of facts. The Cobourg disappointment was a lesson which should not be forgotten, and it is well to bear it in mind, and put a little check on our haste to arrive at a consummation. Thrones and crowns are not disposed of in a few minutes; on the contrary, their acceptance or rejection is generally the result of considerable and important negotiation. Even, as with young ladies, the " Yes" does not seal the lover's fate, nor even the repeated " Yes" from the parents. flow often is all broken off on the settle ments? So it was with the Duke of Saxe Cobourg, so we trust it will not be with Prince William. His royal hig'qiese and his father, before they quitted this country, assented generally to the pro pcsition which was made to them only a few hours before they left, and it is probable that at Brussels the counsels of King Leopold were given in aid and approval of that assent. From Brussels the princes proceeded, not to Copenhagen, but to visit a sister of Prince Christian's—the Duchess of An hait-Bernburg—and at Some one's Hof in a far dis tant German "Thal," Prince Christian proceeded to consider in all its bearings the offer which had been made to his son. In the meantime the King and Cabinet of Denmark expressed their approba tion of whatever view Prince Christian might rake of the subject, thus leaving the matter entirely in his royal highness's hands. On their part the Greeks made haste to come to a formal vote offering the crown to George I. While thus rapidity characterised their ready determination, the object of their choice, little dreaming that matters could thus be, as it were, instantly brought to ahead, was deep in a German forest quietly thinking over present and future arrangements. The result of Prince Christian's reflections has, we understand, taken the form of certain conditions which he wishes to stipulate for before allowing his son to accept the proffered crown. Now, it unfortunately happees that, owing, no doubt, to their not having been con certed with all those who might be in a position to give good advice, several of these conditions are quite inadmissible. We should, indeed, be sorry to see in them another such stumbling block as we found in the Cobourg requirements. But Prince Christian is a man of great sense and discrimination ; and when the impos sibility of some of his wishes being complied with is pointed out to him, we feel persuaded that he will accede to the representations by which they will be met. He acts no doubt for the best in his son's interest, but that interest must bebalance with others equally at stake. We understand that the Prince and his son have been summoned from Ger many to Copenhagen by telegraph, and that on their arrival there it is hoped that arrangements may be made which will bring the negotiations to a suc cessful issue. Of course there are a multitude of questions to settle, but many of them do not pre sent any great importance. The question of the Regency will be solved in all probability, in the event of Prince William's final acceptance, by one of his uncles undertaking the task. Of these Prince Hans is believed to be the most fitted for that very trying postiion. But this with other matters still remain for ultimate decision. We are sorry to observe that the Danish press is hostile to the candidature of Prince William, and attempts to put forward conditions which are simply absurd as they stated in the Dagbladet, These conditions, we believe we may confidently state, have no offi cial existence. The decision is really in Prince Christian's hands, and it is he who is disposed to make stipulations of a very different character from these indicated ; for the conditions which his Royal Highness thinks desirable are chiefly of a personal character, affecting the future position of his son, and not that of the Danish monarchy. Such as they are, however, they cannot possibly be accepted, and we earnestly hope that the Prince may be induced to waive them. The force of cir cumstances and of the telegraph has now com mitted every one—nominators, nominee, and electors; and it would be vexatious in the highest degree if another fiasco were to be the only result or so much trouble and anxiety. Every one is pre pared to sake sacrifices, and it will indeed be hard if the Prince were now to attempt to exact terms such as those which we have reason to believe have been proposed, and which are out of all question un acceptable. The notion of the Danish press that we owe gratitude to the Danes for extricating us from embarrassment, and that tberefore they have a fair opportunity for dictating their wishes, is extremely unfair. We are in no embarrassment. We have done our best for the Greeks ; and it' we fail in our last attempt, no reproach can attach to us in the matter. The offer of another crown to a cadet of a fortunate family should really be accepted in the spirit in which it is tendered. We still hope that we shall not be disappointed in seeing George I. ascend the Greek throne, and commence a happy reign of -constitutional and prosperous Government. We have done our utmost to attain this result. If it does not come about it will be the fault of mis taken notions and unreasonable requirements. Let us trust that after the universal acquiescence which has been bestowed on the proposed union the set tlements may yet be satisfactorily arranged. HERALD.—Nothing has caused more surprise of late to intelligent people in England than the eruption every now and then of bodies of seeming to act together with a wonderful harmony and a sort of malice prepense, which fly in the face of the prevalent feeling of the country in express ing their strong sympathy with the Federal Ame ricans, now attempting to subjugate the South. We have felt somewhat bewildered after reading the reports of meetings in which such strange sentiments have been promulgated; we have rubbed our eyes and interrogated our memories as to who and what sort of men are the Rev. Jabez This and the Rev. Simeon That, who are these so called trades' unionists, and what in the world they have to do with a politi cal question of such moment. In making up our minds on matters of such importance we are not in the habit of allowing ourselves to be guided by the opinion of obscure and unknown individuals. We think it would be more becoming in them to keep their ideas to themselves. On the principle of omne ignotum pro magnifico, they may impose upon a number of persons of their own class, with whom loudness of voice may pass current in the place of social position, and positive asseverations be accepted for argument. Admit ting this, we have been still in doubt as to the agency which got up these meetings ; we have searched vainly for the source of this apparently disinterested sympathy with a failing cause, which has nothing in it prima facie to recommend it to Englishmen. If we may credit the revelations of a correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury we have at last hit upou the clue to tale otherwise inexpli cable mystery. It seems that a secret agency of the Federal Government has been established in England, with the purpose, not only of afford ing substantial aid to the Northern power, but of getting up demonstrations in its favour, which it is supposed will have an influence on public feeling in Europe. A series of letters, purporting to be written by agents of Mr. Lincoln's Government, have been com municated to this journal. Their contents are curious and edifying. A confidential m;ssive, dated Jan. 16, gives the followin g i n f orma ti on to the cor respondent at New York :—" Since I last wrote to you the scheme for causing a movement in favour of the North has been put in force, and with suc cess& A full account will be given to you in the general official report of to-day." The movements of the Southern party in England are spoken of at length, and the writer anticipates that "the South will be comp'etely foiled politically." " Several papers," he says, " are thinking relative to the slave question ; so we shall have further annoyance for them (the Southerners) in a few days." He speaks of anti-slavery meetings to be held at Liverpool and elsewhere. The popular feeling, replies the correspondent at Washington, should be aroused in France and Russia, and suitable agents would be mentioned for stirring up sympa thy for the North in Paris and Lyons. If this cor respondence is authentic—si non every e ben trovato —it seems that we have in this country an active Northern propaganda, whose business is not to stir up a fictitious enthusiasm among persons who can be gulled or bribed in favour of a cause which should be odious to men who have any regard for the rights of nations or the liberty of individuals. We have obtained the clue to the " anti-slavery meetings'' which seem to us to be so ill-timed ; we are introduced to the instigators of the gatherings of trades unions. Nothing, we should say, could surpass the impudence of the " private agent" who is mentioned in a letter from Liverpool, bearing date Dec. 30, as having just arrived in that town. He brought drafts and bills to the value of £150,000. He attended a meeting at the American Consulate. Resolutions were then taken to the following effect : —" To take store-rooms in Liverpool for the store age of 40,000 rifles (Enfields) ; 1,200 cavalry sabres, to be bought for cash, and at once shipped, as they will be required in the middle of January." In structions were to be given to agents to outbuy any agent of the South, and to circumvent Lieutenant Marry, who was then in London. It was deter mined also, at the suggestion of this active gentle man—" To at once excite the people of Lancashire in favour of the North by letters and pamphlets, also by sermons; and to well reward and pay for editozial articles, paragraphs, &c." A great part of the correspondence concerns the efforts that ware to be made in England to fit out a vessel called the Venture, which was to capture the Alabama. Any amount of money was to be forthcoming, On Jan. 16 it was boasted that the Alabama would certainly be captured within a month. The command of the Venture was offsred to two "fighting" halfspay lieutenants on the British "Navy List." The British Government, it is mid, put a veto on their employ ment in foreign service. Greet care was to be taken not to allow this business to transpire, as it was "quite a pointed act on the part of our (the American) Government." We have other revelations, still more nionstrons in their tenor. It was boasted that B---- and Co. of Liverpool, had been " particularly bribed, both in money and in troductions." They had agents for the North in all the professions, divinity, law, and physic. Agencies were completed in many English and continental cities, the names of which are given. Sailors were to be got from Dublin. Among other things it was suggested from Washington that it would be a good thing to " let the rabbit' loose" upon Mr. Mason, the Southern commissioner. This business cannot end with the publication of letters in the Liverpool Mer cury. We desire to know whether these letters are genuine. They are so precise and circumstantial tnat it is difficult to believe they are forgeries. Must we, then, assume it to be true that the Federal Go vernment has organised a secret agency in cur mid-t; has been attempting to stir up our people, and excite by venal means a show of sympathy for a cause which is detestable to the intelligent classes of England ? Has the Northern Government, while attempting to found a quarrel against Englishmen as the builders of the Alabama and Florida, been secretly fitting out ships in our ports, and obtain ing arms in defiance of the Queen's proclamation of neutrality ? If it be so—and we must surely believe it until it is explicitly denied—it is a deep disgrace to our Government, and it covers with added infamy the reckless Administration of Mr. President Lin coln. It is implied in this correspondence that the British Cabinet was cognisant of the attempt to fit out a Federal cruiser in England, and that the pre paration of the Northern agents continued notwith standing. The officers of the Customs at Liverpool have just seized upon a vessel that was supposed to be fitting oat for the Confederate navy. What has become of the Venture, and why was she not seized ? Why are arms for the North taken out with impu nity in almost every mail pscket that leaves Liver pooli ? The neutrality of our Government s one sided, and Lord Russell exerts himself chiefly in doing the bidding of Mr. Adams in foiling every Southern enterprise, and allowing the machinations of the North to pass unquestioned. Tne North is supplied with arms by British manufacturers. Its Government may boast of the success of its agents in England, but beyond this breach of the laws of neutrality this success is contemptible. TIMES.—The assertion of the Poles, that the in surrection had not ended with the failure of the late Dictatorship, has certainly been borne out by facts. Indeed, they seem to support one of the pleas urged in defence of the sudden flight of Langiewicz, that he only abandoned one point with the intention of perplexing the Russian commanders by appearing, with increased strength, on another. It is asserted that his purpose was to raise the standard of revolt in the government of Lublin. It may very well have been so, for that district is now in full insurrection without him, and under other chiefs. The Russian troops there have been surprised and defeated by a corps of peasants, and the whole face of the country is traversed by bands of insurgents. In fact, it is only since the 18th of March, when the revolt seemed for the moment crus h e d , that it has grown to formidable proportions. It now extends through the whole breadth of Poland, north and south. It encircles Warsaw, th e seat and centre of the Rus sian Government, and extends along the frontier of Prussian Poland northward into Courland and the Polish portion of Livonia, thus reaching the coast of the Baitic and the s h ore o f the Gulf of Riga. It was anticipated by the heads of the insurgents that the movement would extend in this direction, since an attempt was mad e t o l an d men and arms on a point of the Cou r l an d coast. Of the whole Kingdom of Poland it may be said that the soil is on fire. The flame, trodden out by four Russian corps that enveloped Langiewicz and his band, almost under the walls of Cracow, has burst forth on so many other points that the Russian troops have now to repeat the process, against a host of new r leaders, on a line of country 600 m il es i n l ength. I . , hus rapidly Las the revo l t expan d e d into a " gue rilla!" that seems to com bi ne peasants, no b les, and the inhabitants of the towns that represent our mid dle class. As yet, the movement has not penetrated into Austrian or Prussian Poland. But these por tions of the common nationality furnish recruits to the insurgent bands, and from the Duchy of Posen they carry all the military aptitude th can be imparted by the Prussian drill sergeants. Many men wilt' have served their term in the Prussian army and now belong t o t h e L andwehr are fighting with good will again s t t h e R uss i ans. How far the insurrectios extends eastward is not so well known. Risings are reported in Lithuania, but, as that province alone is larger than some kingdoms, this is but a vague piece of information. In the present excited temper of the recently emancipated serfs of Russia, should a peasant insurrection extend to the eastern border of Poland, the revolt might find fresh fuel, and spread like a prairie fire. On the side of Austria and Prussia there is not so much combustible material, but both these Powers new seem to have taken alarm. Berlin placed itself very early, and very fully, at the disposal of St. Petersburg. But Vienna, at the beginning of the movement, appeared inclined to let things take their course. It did not enforce a very rigid scrutiny of merchandise that a douanier might, in virtue of his office, suspect to be of a less harmless character than the invoice implied. Cases said to contain candles for the use of the churches arrived at Cracow in surprising numbers, and it was remarked that the "candles" were of exactly the same length as Minie rifles. Yet an application to Vienna for special in structions as to these equivocal articles produced no order for their detention, nor any increased strin gency of inspection. Those cases would never have been suffered to pass through a Prussian Custom house. With equal forbearance the Austrians have acted towards the fugitives escaping into their ter ritory from the Russian troops. But it may be ob served that the easy transport of arms through Austrian territory is no longer possible. It was stopped as soon as the insurrection began to make head. The increased vigilance perhaps indicates that the Austrian Government no longer thinks lightly of the movement. The new phase of the re• volt has ever t impressed the Russian officers them selves sufficiently to induce th em to c h ange the tactics by which it is to be met. The troops are to be broken up into small bodies, that can move and be supplied with more facility than the corps the insurgents so often baffled and escaped. The Go- vernment, in fact, is compelled itself to adopt the guerilla system. On the first outbreak the Em peror ordered the insurrection to be suppressed in "ten days." It was the belief of the Russian armies of the last century, and even later, that what the Czar ordered was, or would be, accomplished. Fix ing a limit of time for an operation is still a Rus sian military tradition, and it has . been adopted by the Federal Republic, which has just allowed its revolt 14 days more for its duration. But one and the same difficulty meets the armies of Emperor and President—popular hostility extending over an enormous territory, and deeply rooted in the hearts of those who inhabit it. LONDON GAZE T TE—Yesterday. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 26. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Richard Meade, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Bengazi, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Bengazi. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Horace Phillips White, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Cyprus, to be her Majesty's Vice• Consul at Cyprus. APRIL 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Lowe as Consul at Perth for his Majesty the King of Hanover. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, APRIL 7. let Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Charles Mor ley Balders, from 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice William Edward Mareland, who exchanges. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Edward Bridges to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Mastet ton Robertson, who retires; Cornet and Adjutant Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bridges. sth Dragoon Guards—Captain William Edward Marsland, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Ch ar l es Morley Balders, who exchanges. sth Lancers—Harry Patrick Andrew, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice George Robert Saunders, who retires. 12th Lancers—Parker Raingill, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vandeleur, promoted ; Alfred,David Ker, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Browne, promoted. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ens gn Lachlan M'Laine: to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles Frederick Brockman, deceased; Ensign Herbert John Mainwaring Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lachlan M'Laine, whose promotion, by purchase on 3d March, 1863, has been cancell e d ; Gentleman Cadet M,,lmoth Caulfield Gahan, fr• m the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Williams. , 15th Foot—En s i gn Henry Kyle Gillespie Savage to be Lieutenant, 1:$) purchase, vice Gerald Butler Beere, who retires; Aubrey Delves Broughton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice SNv-ge 16th Foot—Bernard Ouseley Brownrigg, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice De la Pere Robinson, transferred to the 20th Foot, 18th Foot —Gentleman Cadet John Charles Sarle Irving, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Butler, promoted; Lieutenant Charles Gor ing Minnett to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieuten ant Noblett, promoted. 20th Foot—Ensign Henry Lawrence to be Lieutenant, by ;E Ensign, n sign v De ice w F h O O O Foot, retires b e I p L a u a rwehrPereeans Lawrence. .vice Charles ,from the E n 16th Ys 34th Foot—Lieutenant Richard John Philip Leeson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur George Shawe, who retires; Ensign John Macredie Mure to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice R. J. P. Leeson ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Walter Phillips, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mure. _ 65th Foot—George Henry fragett, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ogden, promoted ; Walter Lewis Pitt, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Henry Triqett, transferred to the 72d Foot. 72d Foot—Ensign Douglas James Broadley Hebden to be Lieuteuant, without purchase, vice James Robert Kil dahl, deceased; Ensign James Elnisley Macaulay to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Hebden, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 20th February, 1863, has been can celled ; Ensign George Henry Tragett, from 55th Foot, to be Ensign,vice Macaulay, promoted, 83d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Edward Brackenbury Townsend,from 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Davies, who exchanges. _ _ _ _ 96th Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Grant Davies, from S3(l Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Townsend, who exchanges. 100th Foot—Captain Henry Cook to be Major, by purchase, vice Henry Stratton Bush, who retires ; Lieutenant Henry Edward Davidson to be Captain, by put chase, vice Cook: Ensign William Palmer Clarke to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Brown Wallis, who hes been superseded for being absent without leave ; Ensign Cecil Edward Leny Lyon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davidson; Ensign Jeremiah Bingham Kersteman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wm. P. Clarke, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 13th February, 1863, has been cancelled ; Gentleman Cadet G Pepper Lowry, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyon; Richard Barclay, Gent., to be be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kersteman. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Ensign Arthur Elking ton. 91st Foot, Acting Deputy Assistant Commissary- General, having completed the prescribed period of pro bation, to be confirmed in the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissary General. _ . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—To be staff Assistant-Surgeons from the Ist October, 1862—this antedate not to carry pay prior to the date on which they ceased to draw pay from the Army Medicine School at Chatham, as Stu dents :—David Mackie, M,D., Wm. George Ross, M.D., Richard Wm. Hare, M. 8., Charles Sterne Close, Gent., Wilmot H. T. Power, Gent., George N. Irvine, M.D., William H. Bant Clapp, M.D., John Mangin Waters, Gent., Jas. Dewar, M.D., Campbell M. Douglas, M.D, Baynes Reed, Gent., Fred. H. Dunbar, M.D., John E. Fannin, Gent., Stephen Flood, M. 8., Charles Albert Maunsell, M.D., Nicol Garter, Gent., Joseph L. Curtis' Gent., Win. Folliott, Gent„ Wm. Nealor Thursfield, M.D., Kenneth Wm. Cumming, M.D., Richard Hall, M, I)., Joseph Rutherfurd, M. 13., Frederick Beaufort Scott, M.D., Ignatius M'Donogh O'Farrell, Gent., John Langdon, Gent., Geo. Ashton, M. 8., and John Hatner Oliver, Gent. MILITARY STORE DEFARTMENT—Chas. F. Marriptt, Gent., to be Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores. BREVET. Lieut.-Col. David Anderson, 22d Foot, having completed five years' qualifying service in the rank of Lieut.-Col. un der the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonel inthe Army. Ca - pt. Walter Pane, Madras Staff Corps, and Capt. John. Watson, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Majors in the Army. Paymaster John Akin Dyer, sth Lancers, and Paymaster Frank Wm. Dundee, 19th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. The following promotions to take place consequent on the promotion of Col. Walpole, Royal Engineers, to be Major- General, in succession to Major-General Alex. Gordon, Royal Engineers, who died March 16, 1863 : Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Russell. Harris, half-pay, 60th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel. Major Gustavus Hume, half-pay Unattached, serving with the local and honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed as an Assistant Inspector of Volunteers in Great Britain, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Robert Bruce Chichester, 81st Foot, to be Major. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 6. The following promotions, dated the let April, conse quent on the death, on the 31st ultimo, of Vice-Admiral of the White George William Courtena3, have this day taken. place : Vice-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Bennett to be Vice- Admiral of the White. Rear Admiral of the Red Henry Francis Greville, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir James Hope, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue James John Stopford to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Frederick Hutton to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. _ ___ . _ ADMIRALTY, APRIL 2. Royal Marine Light Infantry--First Lieutenant Frederick Ley to be Captain, vice Boyd, placed on half pay; Second Lieutenant Edmund Hicks Beach Lysons to be First Lieutenant, vice Ley, promoted. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, April 7. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) MYER AND ANOTHER V. EA.RNETT. This action, which was to recover a balance of £l,BOO, under a contract entered into by the plaintiffs, who are gun manufacturers at Liege, for the delivery of 20,000 rifle bar rels to the defendant, for the use of the American Govern ment, was resumed to-day. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Sir G. Tionyman, were for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Murphy for the defendant. The nature of the action was of a very dry and uninte resting characting, and this morning a number of witnesses were examined, with a view to make out the defendant's plea, that the rifles that were supplied were not according to sample, and were of a different gauge to those contracted for, and the evidence appeared to make out both these points in a most satisfactory manner. The jury, in the result, without any hesitation, returned a verdict for the defendant. 1 (Before Mr. Justice Wightman and a Common Jury.) ROBERTS V. BROWN. This was an action of a rather peculiar nature, the plain tiff alleging that the defendant had entered into an agree ment with him that he should have the use of a racehorse called the Colleen Bawn, for the space of one year, under certain conditions, and he sued for damages in consequence of his having broken that agreement. The defendant did not deny that he had made the agreement referred to in the declaration, but alleged that he had broken it with the con sent of the plaintiff. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Garth were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Hannen for the defendant. The case was opened by the learned counsel for the plain tiff as one which the latter had been compelled to bring for the purpose of vindicating his character, but the facts did not appear at all to justify such a suggestion, although the cir cumstances connected with the case were certainly, as above stated, rather peculiar. The plaintiff, it appeared. is pay master of the 12th Laneers;and defendant is assistant-sur geon to the 18th Hussars; they were both stationed at Al dershot, and formerly were on very friendly terms. The defendant had purchased a racing mare called the Colleen Bawn some time previous to the year 1862, and she had won one race, but not being well up in racing affairs, it seemed that he consulted Captain Roberts, who had made racing a favourite occupation, and who had himself ridden in several races as a gentleman jockey, as to what was best to be done with the mare, and in March of last year an agreement was drawn up between them, the tez ma of which were that Colleen Bawn was to be placed in the hands of Captain Roberts, and he was to enter her for any stakes he thought fit, the money for those entries being paid by de fendant, and the latter also undertook to pay Capt. Roberta 10 guineas a month for the keep of the mare, and to find a man to look after her, and he was to have one-third of all the winnings. The mare did run at several races after this, but shewas unsuccessful on every occasion, and the plaintiff alleged that her want of success was owing to the de:endant having interfered and entered her for stakes where she had no chance of winning; and it appeared that in June the defendant sent the mare to the stables of Mr. Payne, a horse dealer, in Milton-street, Dorset-square, and she was sold by him to a French horse dealer for £55, to be taken abroad. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff now sought to re cover damages for the loss he alleged he had sustained by the breach of engagement by the defendant. Captain Roberts, the plaintiff, was examined at consider able length, and he proved a good many of the above facts, and also said that if the mare had been entered for races where she would have met animals of her own class, she would have been much more successful, and would have won a good many races during the twelve months. He did not, however, mention any particular stake where this re sult was likely to have occurred. Upon being cross-examined, he said the mare at the time, or shortly before she came into his possession, had dreadful bad feet ; there was also a tendency to spavin, and she was " thick-winded," and he certainly did not consider her a sound mare. (A laugh.) He was then questioned as to money matters, and admitted that there had been some dis putes between him and the defendant in relation to money he had represented he had paid for entering the mare for several stakes. He also said the defendant had sued him upon a £lOO bill, for which he declared that he had only received £B3, and said that the rest was stopped, as he sup posed, for interest ; and it appeared that the present action was not commenced antil after the defendant had taken pro ceedings against him in reference to this bill for £lOO. Mr. Hawkins, inlais address to the jury for the defendant, contended that there was not the slightest ground for such an action being brought, and he really could not understand what damage the plaintiff had sustained. It was admitted that the only advantage he could have derived from the transaction was by the mare winning the races for which she was entered, and he urged that it was not very likely that such an animal as the one described, lame, thick-winded, and with a tendency to spavin, would have been very suc cessful as a racehorse. (A laugh.) The defendant was then examined, and he contradicted Captain Roberts in almost every one of the statements he had made in reference to the transaction. He admitted that he had entered into the agreement in question ori ginally with the plaintiff, and said that in all the races she ran subsequently she was entered with the sanction of the plaintiff, and she was unsuccessful on every occa sion, and they both agreed that it would be better to sell her, and the plaintiff himself said that he would try to do so. The defendant also stated that he had ascer tained that Captain Roberts had charged him for stakes that he had never paid, and with regard to the £lOO bill, he declared that he gave him £93 in money, and that he also received £7 10s for a horse that was sold which be longed to him (the defendant), so that in point of fact hero- j ceived £lOO lOs for his £lOO bill, and he did not charge him a farthing for interest. The defendant also swore positively that when the £lOO bill was given he and Capt. Roberts mutually a greed to cancel the agreement that had been en tered into, and the plaintiff promised to destroy it. Sergeant Parry, in replying upon the whole case, con tended that a question of character was involved, and he complained of the defendant having instructed his counsel to drag before the court the pecuniary affairs of the plain tiff, which, he submitted, had nothing whatever to do with the real question at issue between the parties. He then said that although the mare, probably, was not in good con dition at the time the plaintiff first had her placed in his hands, still she improved under his care, and if the agree ment had been fairly carried out, and she had been judi ciously entered to contend with animals of her own class, h sh a e ve w b o e ul en d , ano s ourced oti b t o , f h p a v r oe fit w o t n o s t e h v e e r p a l l a o t n f , t t t h ff e , se an s would form thei r own es timate of the amount of damages d tak th e e s, j a u l t i •y d to which he was entitled. The learned judge having summed up, the jury retired to deliberate. In a short time they returned into court, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff--damages, one farthing. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—OLOUCESTEn, April 6. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) CORBETT V. PALMER AND RIT SBAND.-BREACH OF PRO' MIRE OF MAARIAGE. This was an acti on b roug h t b y Mr. Corbett, clerk to the Canal Company, Worcestershire and Staff or d s hi re against BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any importance which appear in the Gazette : James Holly White, dairyman, Highbury-vale William Woodhams, clerk, Camberwell Edward Benjamin, licensed victualler, Bermondsey John Nichols, butcher, Whitechapel Jonathan Gibbs, coach builder, Coventry George Brown, provision merchant, Bath Henry Courteen, commission agent, Gloucester Tammy Blake, innkeeper, Exmouth John 0. Cutts, electro silver plater, Sheffield John Knowles, shoe dealer, Manchester Thomas Abdale, builder, Darlington John Roughley, jun., grocer, Little Brighton SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Fowler and Gourley, timber merchants, Glasgow John Kerr, house painter, Glasgow Robert Murdoch, Wright, Bannockburn John Keir, dairy farmer, Glasgow James Ritchie, farmer, Upper Kinmouth, Kincardine shire Alex. Smith, house carpenter, Thurso John. APKinney, fruit merchant, Glasgow COUNTRY MARKETS. ~z__„_._~ l . LEEDS—TUESDAY. The market continues very strong, and the fine qualities of new English wheat sold at Thursday's rates, being la per qr advanee on last Tuesday's rates. Fine barley scarce, and, with other articles, unchanged in value, MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 47s to 50s ; red, 42s to 45s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 35s to 37s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 30s per 30 st, Oats, old, 26s to 28s; new, 21s to 23s per 24 st. ; beans, 388 to 42s per qr. SHEFFIELD-TUESDA Y. There was a fair show of wheat t .-day, for which the demand was steady, at late prices. Barley slow. Oats unchanged. Beans firm. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lBs Od to 19s Od White •• ...21s Od to 23s Od New red ...15s Od to 16s Od • • New white .. .19s Od to 20s Od - 71 •.. Beans 17 .. ••. 16s Od to 19s 6d Peas, per qr 45sOd Grinding barley, p er qr 28s od to t s6s Od to 30s Od Malting ditto, ~ 34s Od to 40s Od Oats 2os Od to 27s oa Flour, is 7d to 2s 2d per stone. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a quiet trade, without change in the prices for wheat. Indian corn 3d per quarter lower. Oatmeal as before. There was again a very dull business doing in flour, and prices were in favour of buyers. Oats, barley, and beans unaltered. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat, 51s Od to 53s Od ; new red, 45s Od to 48s per 36 stone.; beans, 42s to 45s for old ; new sorts, 378 to 40s per 38 st.,; barley, 36s to 39s for malting-, and 27s to 30s per qr. for grinding; oats, 21s to 28s Od per 24 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18. via Marseilles Apr. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Apr. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. llelena M a y 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Apr. 18. via Marseilles Apr, 12. Falkland Islands .. May 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Apr. 18. via Marseilles.... Apr. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Apr. 10 via Marseilles ;it, and Aden, v i a S outhampton Apr. 20. P M o a r l t t u a , g Portugal.... g May 4. Apr. 10. via Marseilles May. 5. Ne - ifoundland .... Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apr. 15. by U.S. packet..... by Canadian packet. Apr. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Apr. 10. Bahamas, via New York May 7. Mexico Al C a liforniaa, and Britarts of West Indiesish , Columbia including Chili, Peru, 1 A pr. 13 . n. • Goethe's " Faust" has been translated into Italian by the poet Anselmo Guerrieri, of Mantua. The transla tion is said to be a literary masterpiece. Births. BYRON.—On the 4th inst., at Stoke Talmage, Oxon, the Hon. Mrs. W m , Byron, of a son. DENMAN.— On the 7th inst., at 27, Kensington•gardens square, the wife of J. L. Denman, Esq., of a son. FORBES.—On the sth Feb., at Sehore, Central India, the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton Forbes, of a daughter. NEWENHAM.—On the 7th inst., at 2, Upper Belgravia.. place, Lady Helena Newenham, of a daughter. Marriages. AMORY—UNwm—On the 6th inst., at St. James's, Pic cadilly, J. Heathcoat Amory, Esq., of Bollam, North Devon, to H. Mary, only daughter of William Unwiut Esq. HARRISON—WAymAN.—On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, M. B. Harrison, Esq., of Ambleside, to Jane Elizabeth Je ss i e , e ld est d aughter of the Rev. Wm' Wayraan, vicar of Great Thurlow, Suffolk. Deaths. ----- FOREES.—On the 2d inst., at Brighton, Majoi -Gen. David Forbes, Bombay Army. FISHER.—On the 3d inst., at Distington, Cumberland, r• Fisher, Esq., aged 67. OATES.—On the 4th inst., at Linden-grove, Kensington, Lieut.-Colonel James Poole Oates, li.a., 88th Regt., 96. OWEN.—On the 3d inst., at Old Kent. road, Peer s Owes, Esq., aged 59. PARTRIDGE.—On the sth inst., W. Partridge, Esq., 0 Breewood Hall, aged 76. SCOTT.—On the sth inst., at Wooden House, Roxburgh' shire, Lieut.-General Duncan Gordon Scott late Hon. E. I. C. S., Ben g al. , TAYLOR.—On the sth inst., at 31, Chester-terrace, Re' gent's-park, John Tayl or , F.R.S., aged 81. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Taz Sux Office. No. 112 : Strand, in the P recinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. — Wednesday, Awn 8, 1863.